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CATALOGUE of the COLLECTIONS 



BOSTONIAN SOCIETY 



MEMORIAL HALLS 



OLD STATE HOUSE. BOSTON, FEB. i, 1893. 




preparp:d liY 



SAMUEL ARTHUR BENT, Clerk of the Society, 
BY AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTORS. 



BOSTON, 

1893. 



CATALOGUE 

OF ARTICLES IN THE COLLECTIONS 

or THE 

BOSTONIAN SOCIETY 



N. B. — The names of donors and lenders are piinted in italics. Articles not 
accredited were in most cases purchased by the Committee on the Rooms. 



THE REPRESENTATIVES' HALL. 

1 Laying the Corner Stone of the Beacon Hill Reservoir, 

Nov. 2 2, 1847 > oil painting by iVIoses U'ight, with key, con- 
taining portraits of the Mayor, Josiah Quincy, Jr.; Ex- 
Mayors, Josiah Quincy, Sr. and S. T. Armstrong; Nathan 
Hale, T. B. Curtis and J. F. Baldwin, water commis- 
sioners; City Marshal Tukey, and members of the City 
Council and Government. Loan : City of Boston. 

laPnoTOGRAPH of the Reservoir, which was demolished in 1883; 
from the Curtis Collection. Henry P. Curtis. 

2 Samuel Phillips Savage, of Weston, 171S-97 ; Member of the 

Provincial Congress; President of the Massachusetts Board 
of War during the Revolution ; Judge of the Court of 
Common Pleas for Middlesex County; presided at the 
meeting in the Old South Meetinghouse, Dec. 14, 1773, to 
protest against the landing of the taxed tea ; photograph 
after Copley. Alexander Cochrane. 

3 Rev. Daniel Sharp, D. D, born in England 1783, died 1853; 

Pastor of the Charles Street Baptist Church, 1812-1853; 
lithograph by Thayer, after a daguerreotype. 
3aTHE Same; steel engraving by Sartain, after Harding. 

William H. Whitmore. 

4 Edward Thompson Taylor (" Father Taylor "), 1794-1871 ; a 

sailor in his youth, became a Methodist Preacher in 18 19 ; for 
many years at the Seamen's Bethel ; photograph. 

Janus IV. Black. 



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5 Harrison Gray Otis, 1765-1848; U. S, Senator, 1817-22; 

Mayor, 1829-32; colored crayon by Dubourjal, 1845. 

Loan : Frederick O. Prince^ Executor. 

6 Rev, Lyman Beecher, D. D., 1775-1863; Pastor of Hanover 

Street Church, afterward Bowdoin Street, 1826-32 ; litho- 
graph by Chandler & Bro., after Grozelier. 

7 Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, D. D., 1720-66; copperplate en- 

graving portrait bust, executed in London by Cipriani for 
one of the Hollis Family ; within a wreath are the words : 
"Remarks on an anon, tract. P. LXXXIL I am indeed a 
poor man;" hanging therefrom are a bishop's mitre, re- 
versed, and a crozier, referring to his controversy with the 
Episcopal missionary Apthorp in 1763; underneath is the 
inscription : "Jonathan Mayhew, D. D., Pastor of the West 
Church in Boston, in New England [1747-1766], an assertor 
of the Civil and Religious Liberty of his country and 
mankind, who, over plied by Public energies, died of a 
nervous fever, Ivly VIIH, MDCCLXVI, aged XXXXV. 

8 Rev. Joseph Sewall, D. D., 1688-1769 ; Pastor of the Old 

South Church, 1713-69; copper-plate engraving with fac- 
simile autograph. William H. Whitmore. 

9 Rev. Cotton Mather, D. D., 1663-1728 ; Minister of the North 

Church, 1684-1728 ; heliotype reproduction in India ink of a 
portrait in Harvard College Library by Sarah Moorhead. 

jfustin Winsor. 

10 Daniel Webster, 1782-1852 ; steel engraving by Cheney and 

Dodson after Staigg. Moses W. Weld, M. D. 

11 James Jackson, M. D., 1777-1867 ; engraving by WagstafI and 

Andrews. Moses W. Weld, M. D. 

12 Rev. John Sylvester John Gardiner, D. D., 1765-1830; 

Rector of Trinity Church, 1805-30 ; President of the literary 
club which conducted the Anthology and Monthly Revietu ; 
lithograph by Mary M. Maguire. 

13 Rev. Baron Stow, D. D., 1801-1869 ; Pastor of the Baldwin 

Place Baptist Church, 1832-48 ; of the Rowe Street Church, 
1848-67 ; engraving by Sartain after Alexander. 

William H. Whitmore. 

14 Alexander Parris, i 780-1852 ; Architect of the Quincy 

Market and St. Paul's Church ; crayon portrait by Chicker- 
ing. Mrs. B. F. Chandler. 

15 Rev. Sebastian Streeter, D. D., Pastor of the First Univer- 

salist Church, 1824-64; Rev. Thomas W. Sulloway, Asso- 
ciate Pastor, 1861 to 1864, when the Society was dissolved ; 
double photograph. Thomas W. Sulloway. 



REPRESENTATIVES' HALL. 3 

x6 Crocker and Brewster, full length photograph of Uriel 
Crocker and Osmyn Brewster, inscribed : " This pic- 
ture was taken on Mr. Crocker's ninetieth birthday, and is 
presented to the Bostonian Society by Uriel Crocker, 
Feb. 2, 1887." 

17 Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., Pastor of the Second Baptist 

Church from lygo to 1825; engraving by Hoogland after 
Miss Margaret B. Doyle. 

18 Captain John Linzee, R. N., Commander of H. B. M. Ship 

"Falcon" at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He married the 
daughter of Ralph Inman of Cambridge, and was the 
grandfather of Mrs. Piescott, wife of the historian ; etching 
by Miss Annie T. Pratt. 

ig Thomas Smith Webb, 1771-1819; engraved portrait bust by 
Annin and Smith, after Penniman, commemorative of his 
services as one of the founders and first president of the 
Handel & Haydn Society; dedicated to the Masonic Fra- 
ternity and to the H. & H. and Philharmonic Societies, by 
the painter and engravers, th : bust resting on Handel's 
" Messiah " open, and other musical and masonic works, 
behind, an organ and masonic emblems. 

20 Benjamin Franklin, 1706-go; copper-plate engraving by 

Tanner after Cochin (in fur cap), 1777. Hamilton A. Hill.. 

21 William Emmons, an actor known as "Pop" Emmons, a 

familiar character forty years ago ; lithograph by Pendleton 
after Johnston. 

22 Nathaniel Shepard Prentiss, M. I)., 1766-1853; for thirty 

years town clerk of Roxbury ; oil portrait by Bass Otis. 

Rev. Joseph Banvard, D. D. 

23 Rev. John Thornton Kirkland, D. D., i 770-1840 ; President 

of Harvard College, 1810-28 ; lithograph by Pendleton after 
Stuart, 1 8 10. Kev. Samuel May. 

24 Rev. Ezra Stiles Gannett, D. D., 1801-71 ; Pastor of Fed- 

eral St. and Arlington St. Churches, 1S24-71 ; photograph. 

Sanmel M. Bedlington. 

25 Rev. Edward Dork Griffin, D. D., 1770-1837 ; first Pastor 

of Park St. Church, 1811-15; engraving by Sartain after 
Waldo. Mrs. 2/io?nas A. Eincrson. 

26 Rev. William Ellery Channing, D. D., i 780-1842, pastor of 

Federal St. Church, 1803-1842 ; Engraving by Hoogland 
after Harding. E. G. Lnras. 

27 Rev. Jonathan Mavhew, D. D., v. No. 9 ; steel engriiving by 

Wright Smith. Matthew A. Mayhew. 

28 Rev. James Davis Knowles, 1798-1838 ; Pastor of the 

Baldwin Place Baptist Church, 1825-32 ; engraving by 
Chorley after Doyle, 1829. E. G. Lucas. 



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29 Rev. Sebastian Streeter, D. D., z^. No. 15; lithograph by 

Bouvd after Rowse. William H. Whitmore. 

30 Daniel Simpson, 1790-1886; Drummer in the war of 1812; 

in the 24th .Massachusetts Volunteers in the Rebellion ; for 
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company over seventy 
years, and for the New England Guards over fifty years; oil 
portrait by Darius Cobb, life-size, two thirds' length, seated, 
holding his drum, (No. 31). Daniel Simpson. 

31 Snare-drum beaten at the Battle of Bunker Hill by John Rob- 

bins, having on its side the date " 177 i," wiih motto: "■Aut 
vincere aut mori^ Daniel Simpson. 

32 Jonas Chicicering, 179S-1853 ; Manufacturer of the first piano- 

forte in the United Stales; lithograph by Chandler after 
Grozelier, George H. Chickering. 

33 Edward Kendall. 1808-1862; Bugler to the New England 

Guards; took the first prize at Covent Garden. London, 
1846 ; lithograph by Fabronius. Samuel IV. Clifford. 

35 Francis I., Duke of Lorraine, 1708-1765 ; married Maria 

Theresa, 1736; elected Emperor of Germany 1745. 

Arnifn Mil Her. 

36 Maria Theresa, 171 7-1780, Empress of Germany, succeeded 

Charles VL 1740; two colored engravings from life, by 
Engelbrechc. Arnim Miiller. 

37 Parsonage of Brattle Square Church, formerly standing 

in Court Street, on the site of the building now occupied 
by Adams Express Co.; water-color by Fuller, 1855. 

Samuel H. Russell. 

38 Rev. John Gorham Palfrey, D. D., 1796-1881 ; Pastor of 

Brattle Square Church, 1818-1830; Member of Congress, 
1847-9; Postmaster, 1861-6; relief bust in plaster, 

Samuel M. Bedlington. 

39 Brattle Square Church, 1772-1871; photograph. 

D. Waldo Salisbury. 

40 Boston Harbor, from Fort Hill; oil painting by J. W. A. 

Scott, 1853. 

41 Four Silk Ensigns of the New England Guards (Chartered 

181 2), specified as follows: 

A State Flag inscribed : "4th Battalion, ist Brigade, ist 
Division, New England Guards." 

A Battalion Color of white silk, inscribed : " New Eng- 
land Guards, instituted September 22, 1812. Presented by 
S. Abbott Lawrence, October 30, 1837." 



REPRESENTATIVES' HALL. 5 

Four Silk Ensigns of the New England Guards — Continued. 

An Ensign of blue silk, displaying on its respective sides 
the shields of the states of New York and Massachusetts, 
and bearing upon the pole a silver plate engraved as fol- 
lows : " Presented to the New England Guards on the oc- 
casion of their first visit to New York, July 31, 1844, by 
the ex-members of the Corps residing in the city at the 
time." 

A National Ensign, lettered as follows : " 4th Battalion, 
M. V. M." 

Above them, a blue silk company guidon, inscribed : 
*' N. E. G, 18 1 2," The Nezv England Guards' Association. 

42 John Wilkes, Serjeant Glyn and Rev. John Horne ; colored 

mezzotint, engraving by Houston, published in London, 
1769. Loan: Samuel H. Russell. 

43 Boston from Dorchester Heights ; oil painting by Seeman. 

A. C. Baldwin. 

44 Clock, owned by the Hon. William Sullivan (1774-1839); 

made by Aaron Willard of Roxbury. 

Loan : Mrs. Elizabeth A. Tenney. 

45 Jean Cheverus, 176S-1836; first Roman Catholic Bishop of 

Boston, 1810-1823 ; Bishop of Montauban, 1823 ; Arch- 
bishop of Bordeaux, 1826 ; Cardinal, 1835 ; lithograph by 
Moore after Stuart, 1826. yohn C. Flynn. 

46 Rev. William Mattocks Rogers, born in Alderney, 1806, died 

185 1 ; Pastor of Central Church, 1835-51 ; colored litho- 
graph. Mrs. Charles P. Strong. 

47 The New England Guards, in camp on Savin Hill, under 

command of Capt. CJeorge W. Lyman ; oil painting upon a 
mahogany panel, inscribed : "September 11, 18(9. Painted 
by B B. Curtis." J. Putnam Bradlee. 

48-49 Two Six-pound Brass Field Pieces, with engraved inscrip- 
tion : "Cast and Mounted by order of the Board of War, for 
the New England Guards, 1814," with sponge rod and ram- 
mer. One of the cannon was fired by Lafayette on his visit 
to the encampment of the Guards at Savin Hill in 1824. 

2he New England Guards' Association. 

50 John Jeffries, M. D., 1745-1819; in his costume as an 
aeronaut, with barometer, etc., in his balloon, copper-plate 
engraving ; his portrait at a later period, lithograph by 
Pendleton, after Greenwood; the column erected to com- 
memorate the spot in the forest of Guines, France, where 
Dr. Jeffries and Blanchard, the aeronaut, landed after their 
balloon voyage from England to France, Jan. 7, 1785 ; 
copper-plate engraving by Johnson after Greenwood ; 
framed together. Loan: B. Joy jfeffries, M. D. 



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51 Rev. Ephraim Peabody, 1807-1856; Pastor of King's Chapel, 

1846-56 ; photograph. Nathan Appkton. 

52 James Madison, 1751-1836; President of the United States, 

1809-1817 ; oil portrait, after Stuart. 

Loan : A Republican Institution. 

53 Joshua Bates, born in Weymouth, Mass., 1788, died 1864; 

of the firm of Baring Brothers & Co., London ; bene- 
factor of the Boston Public Library ; photograph of a 
bust. Loan : City of Boston, 

54 Peleg Whitman Chandler, 1816-89; lawyer, city solicitor 

of Boston ; engraving by Buttre from a daguerreotype. 

Edwin F. Waters 

55 William Abrams, merchant of Middle (now Hanover) Street ; 

born Jan. 16, 1742 ; died Sept. 27, 1843, aged loi years, 
8 months, ii days; lithograph. George W. Sargent. 

56 Alfred Charles Hobbs, 1812-1891; inventor; picked 

Braham locks at the World's Fair, London, 1851 ; steel en. 
graving by Hales' Sons. Alfred C. Hobbs, 

57 A View of the Year, 1765 ; copper-plate caricature print, 

engraved, printed and sold by Paul Revere. A note upon 
the margin says that this print was found among the papers 
of William Mackay, grandfather of the donor, (died 1800), 
one of the " Sons of Liberty," and owner of the silver punch 
bowl made for the " Sons " in Boston. Robert C. Mackay. 

58 "The Oldest House in America," 1634, the Craddock 

House, Medford ; bas-relief on metal, with inscription. 

WiiHatn T, Leggett. 

59 Benjamin Lincoln, 1733-1810; Major-General in the Revo- 

lutionary Army; Secretary of War, 1781-4; Lieutenant- 
Governor, 1788; first Collector of the Port, 1789-1808; a 
framed policy of insurance for ;^iooo upon his life, un- 
derwritten by various persons. Loan : Samuel T. Crosby. 

60 The Same; mezzotint engraving by Smith after Sargent's por- 

trait, in possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 
to which the plate is dedicated. Charles E. Clark, M. ID. 

61 Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, 1784-1812 ; Pastor of 

Brattle Square Church, 1805-12 ; framed miniature on 
ivory. Airs. Nathaniel Walker. 

62 David Francis, 1779-1853 ; Boston bookseller, of the firm 

" Munroe & Francis ;" 'Irustee and Secretary of the M. C. M. 
A., 1814-26; Vice-President, 1827; Commander of the 
Rifle Rangers ; oil portrait by Clark. David G. Francis. 

63 John Collins Warren, M. D., 1778-1856 ; one of the 

founders of the Massachusetts General Hospital ; Professor 
in Harvard College, 1806-46; engraving by Smith after a 
daguerreotype by Whipple. Moses W. Weld, M. D. 



REPRESENTATIVES' HALL. 7 

64 Thomas Cokfin Amory, Jr., 1812-89; Chief Engineer of the 

Fire Department, 1829 ; Alderman and Member of the 
School Committee ; one of the charter members of the 
Bostonian Society ; photograph. Moses W. Weld, M. D. 

65 Rev. Samuel Francis Smith, D. D., born in Boston, 1808 ; 

Baptist Clergyman and Professor ; author of "My Country, 
'tis of Thee;" photograph. Samuel F. Smith. 

66 Rev. Chandler Robbins, D. D., 1810-82; Pastor of the 

Second Church, 1833-75 ; engraving by WagstafT and 
Andrews, after a daguerreotype. Mrs. F. B. Mums. 

67 Rev. Cotton Mather, D. D., v. No. 9 ; engraving by Wag- 

staff and Andrews, after Pelham. Mrs. F. B. Minns. 

68 Rev. Henry Ware, Jr., D. D., 1794-1843; Pastor of the 

Second Church, 1817-1830; Professor in Harvard College, 
1829-42 ; engraving by Wagstaff and Andrews after Froth- 
ingham. Mrs. F. B. Minns. 

69 Rev. Increase Mather, D. D., 1639-1723 ; Pastor of the 

Second Church, 1664-1723 ; President of Harvard College, 
1685-1701 ; engraving by Wagstaff and Andrews, after 
Vanneck. Mrs. F. B. Minns. 

70 John Adams, 1735-1826 ; President of the United States, 

1797-1801 ; engraving after Stuart. 

71 The Same; copper plate engraving, half length, seated ; under- 

neath, the American Eagle with thunderbolts; drawn and 
engraved by Houston, inscribed : " His Kxcellency John 
Adams, President of the United States of America. Re- 
spectfully dedicated to the lovers of tiieir country and firm 
supporters of their Constitution;" published by Kennedy, 
in Philadelphia. Willnnn H. Whitmore. 

72 William Perkins, Merchant, 1773-1818 ; oil portrait on panel 

by Greenwood, 18 18. Mrs. Richard Perkins. 

73 Rev. Charles Francis Barnard, 1806-84 ! Pastor of the War- 

ren St. Chapel, 1834-1866 ; photograph. Warren St. Chapel. 

74 Rev. Mather Byles, D. D., 1706-1788 ; Pastor of Hollis St. 

Church, 1733-1776; a Loyalist during the Revolution; en- 
graving by Harris. 

75 Rev. John Lathrop, D. D., 1740-1816 ; Pastor of the Second 

Church; 1768-1816; Engraving by Wagstaff and Andrews, 
after Stuart. Mrs. F. B. Minns. 

76 Rev. John Clarke, D. D., born in Portsmouth, N. H., 1755, 

died April i, 1798, delivering a benediction in the First 
Church, of which he was pastor from 1778. Engraving by 
Graham after Lovett. Theodore H. Bell. 

77 Rev. Charles Lowell, D. D., 1782-1861 ; Pastor of the West 

Church, 1806-61 ; engraving by Sartain, after Harding. 

Grenville H. Norcross. 



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78 Rev. Samuel Barrett, D. D., i 795-1876 ; Pastor of the 

Twelfth Congregational Society, 1825-1858 ; lithograph 
by Bouvd after Bond. Mrs. Olive S. Plhnpton. 

79 Rev. John Murray, D. D., born in England 1741, died in 

Boston 1815 ; founder of the Universalist Church in 
America ; lithograph by Pendleton, after Johnson. 

Samuel Batchelder. 

80 William M. S. Doyle, Artist, proprietor of the Columbian 

Museum ; pastel by himself, 1828, a few days before his 
death. Mrs. Emily E. Mills. 

81 Faneuil Hall, interior ; woodcut on India paper, by C. E. 

Johnson, 1888. 

82 Rev. Francis William Pitt Greenwood, i 797-1843 ; Pastor 

of King's Chapel, from 1827 to 1843 ; engraving by 
Kimberly, after Hayward. C. O. Brown. 

83 Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, Jr., 1796-1873 ; assisted by a 

fair the completion of Bunker Hill Monument; secured 
$10,000 towards purchasing Mt. Vernon; persuaded the 
Legislature to make Washington's birthday a legal holiday ; 
aided sick and wounded soldiers in the Rebellion ; full 
length oil portrait by Healy, Paris, 1876. 

Harrison Gray Olis. 

84 The Same; half length miniature steel engraving, by the Amer- 

ican Bank Note Co., for the bills of the Mt. Vernon Bank. 

Harrison Gray Oils. 

85 Resolutions of the City Council, thanking Mrs. Otis for her 

services to sick and wounded soldiers during the Rebel- 
lion ; approved Nov. 3, 1865, F. W. Lincoln, Jr., Mayor; 
framed. Harrison Gray Otis. 

86 House No. 41 Mt. Vernon St., residence of Mrs. Otis ; in- 

terior view of the Parlor, about 1845. Harrison Gray Otis. 

87-88 Two Fire Buckets (over door), inscribed : " Friend and 
Public, 1799, Edward Oliver." 

89-90 Two Cutlasses (over door), taken from a ship sunk off 
the Harbor of Sebastopol, during the Crimean War and 
raised by Col. Gowen of Lynn. G. W. Otis. 

91-96 The Arms of the Foxcroft, Mountfort and Checkley fami- 
lies, of the Rev. Roger Price, 1734. cf Sir Francis Nich- 
olson, Lt.Gov., 1 7 II, and of Capt. Francis Hamilton of H. 
M. Ship of War •' Kingfisher ;" painted on canvas by Savory 
for the 2ooth anniversary. 

Loan : 27ie Wardens and Vestry of King's ChapH, 



REPRESENTATIVES' HALL. 



CASE "A," THE HANCOCK CASE. 

A Folio Bible, once owned by the Rev. John Hancock, of Lex- 
ington, grandfather of the Governor, and by the Gover- 
nor, containing the latter's autograph ; printed by James 
Watson, Edinburgh, 1722. Franklin Hancock. 

A Folio Prayer Book, printed at Oxford, 1721, once belonging to 
the Rev. John Hancock, of Braintree, father of the Governor, 
and to the Governor, with a portrait of George H. and other 
engravings. Franklin Hancock. 

A Silver Cigar Light, once belonging to Gov. Hancock. 

Mrs. Richard Perkins. 
A Decanter Stand of Gov. Hancock. Gridley J. F. Bryant. 

Photograph of Gov. Hancock's seal, enlarged. 

Mrs. Mary S. Israel. 

Cocoa-nut with silver mounting once belonging to Gov. Hancock, 
given by him to Mrs. Brackett, his housekeeper. 

Loan : George O. Carpenter. 

A French Lacquered Snulif Box with motto, " Les trois passions 
de I'Homme," and pictures. Mrs. Fickard Perkins. 

A Snuff Box given to Mrs. Brackett by Mrs. Hancock. 

Loan : George O. Carpenter. 
Two Egg Cups made from wood of the Hancock House. 

Fratiklin Hancock. 

Whist Counters with the Hancock crest, and cribbage board. 

Franklin Hancock. 
Cloth on which is printed one-half the arms of the Hancock 
family. 

A Framed Letter, written by John Hancock from London, March 2, 
1 761, to his step-father. Rev. Daniel Perkins of Bridgewater. 

Mrs. Richard Perkins. 
Shoe Buckles of Gov. Hancock. 

The Original Deed to the Town of Boston of Gov. Hancock's 

pasture, the site of the State House, for 5 Shillings, April 

27, '795) by Dorothy Hancock, his widow. 

Loan : George B. Ager. 
Knocker from the front door of the Hancock House, given by 

Charles L. Hancock to Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and by 

him to the Bostonian Society. 

A Copper Tea-kettle made by Paul Revere, and once owned by 
Gov. Hancock. Franklin Hancock. 

Governor Hancock's Punch Bowl and Pitcher. Franklin Hancock. 



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Case "^," The Hancock Case — Continued, 

A Decorated Wine Glass Tray once owned by Gov. Hancock ; 
given by his widow to the Perkins family, and to the Bos- 
tonian Society by Mrs. Richard Perkins. 

Indenture of Apprenticeship of Thomas Hancock, Son of the 
Rev. John Hancock, Minister of Lexington, to Samuel Ger- 
rish, bookbinder, May 20, 17 18. Gridley jf. F. Bryant. 

A Tea Cup once owned by Gov, Hancock, given by his widow to 
the Perkins family. Mrs. Richard Perkins. 

Two Leather Pocket Books once belonging to Gov. Hancock. 

Franklift Hancock. 

Framed Medallion Miniature Busts of the Prince and Princess 
of Orange (William HL and Mary), Pope and Gay; from 
the Hancock House. Frankiin Hancock. 

St. Paul's, London ; copper plate engraving in miniature by F. 
Muller, 1750 ; from the Hancock House. Fraiiklin Hancock. 

Sonnet for Oct. 14, 1793, "when were entombed the re- 
mains of his Excellency, John Hancock, Esq., late Governor 
and Commander in-Chief of Massachusetts." 

Three Autographs of John Hancock. 

A Court Suit, consisting of a crimson velvet coat, blue satin 
waist-coat, embroidered with gold, and drab silk trunks, 
once owned and worn by Gov. Hancock. Franklin Hancock. 

Three Books from Gov. Hancock's pew in the Brattle Square 
Church. Franklin Hancock. 

Slippers once owned by Gov. Hancock's wife. 

Two Canes made from wood of the Hancock House. 

Loan : Mrs. Sarah B. Otis. 

Silver Pepper Box, 150 years old, with " L. H." on the bottom, 
property of Lydia Henchman, wife of Thomas Hancock, 
uncle of John Hancock. Franklin Hancock. 



CASE "B,"THE AUTOGRAPH CASE. 

Receipt of Henry W. Longfellow for royalties on " Evangeline," 
" Courtship of Miles Standish " and " Hiawatha," paid by 
W. D. Ticknor & Co., i860. 

Selectmen of Boston ; autograph agreement with Thomas Joy 
for payment of balance for building the Town House in 
1660 ; from the Leffingwell Collection. 



REPRESENTATIVES' HALL. ii 

Case "^," The Autograph Case — Continued. 

Vote of Town Meeting, Feb. i6, 1669, and of the Selectmen, 
Jan. 30, 167 1, granting a place for a house out of the town 
waste to Samuel Davis. 

Bill of the State Eank for ten dollars, signed by William Gray, 
known as "Billy Gray," 181 1. John S. Brayton. 

Bill of Thomas Dawes against the Province of Massachusetts Bay 
for repairing the Town House, July, 1773. 

John S. H. Fogg, M. D. 

Petition of John Barnard, Master of the North Grammar School, 
for an increase of salary, 17 16; from the Leffingwell 
Collection. 

Petition of John Lovell, Master of the Latin School, for an increase 
of salary, about 1749 ; from the Leffingwell Collection. 

Lovell's Memorial to the Governor and Council for payment of 
services as interpreter to the French Prisoners, 1747 ; also a 
bill for examining a French deserter from Crown Point ; 
from the Leffingwell Collection. 

Subscription List for the engraving of Ames's picture, " The Last 
Days of VVebster at Marshfield," containing seven hundred 
autographs. Mrs. Williajn Appleton. 

Petition for a licence to Joseph Ballard as proprietor of the 
British Coffee House, Oct. 23, 1754, signed by James Bow 
doin and others ; from the Leffingwell Collection. 

Vote of the Town, May 13, 1774, on receipt of the news of the 
passage of the Boston Port Bill : letter of William Cooper, 
Town Clerk, of the same day, to the other colonies announc- 
ing the passage of the bill. 

Indictment of Capt. Preston and Soldiers for killing Samuel 
Maverick in the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770; from 
the Leffingwell Collection. 

Inquest on the body of Michael Johnson (endorsed " Crispus 
Attucks "), March 6, 1770; from the Leffingwell Collec- 
tion. 

Power of Attorney given by Sir Isaac Coffin, Bart., to William F. 
Otis of Boston, March 31, 1832. 

Letter of Sir Isaac Coffin concerning his school at Nantucket to 
Gov. Lincoln, April 16, 1834, with steel engraved portrait 
by Ridley of London, from a miniature. 

yohn C. y. Brown. 

Commission of Samuel Parker to be deputy Naval Officer of 
Boston, July i, 1819 ; signed by Thomas Melville, Naval 
Officer, one of the " Tea Party." Hamilton A. Hill. 



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Case ^'B"The Autograph Case — Continued. 

William Warren ; engraved portrait by Wilcox, with two auto- 
graphs. 

Letter of Paul Revere to Stephen Metcalf, July 30, 1783 ; letter 
of Paul Revere and Son to Enoch Horton, July 28, 1809. 

Autographs and autograph letters of Samuel Sewall, Josiah 
Quincy, Jr. (the " Patriot"), Washington Irving, R. H. Dana, 
Jr., Edward Everett, Theodore Parker, John Quincy Adams, 
Bishop Cheverus(2), Daniel Webster (2), Edwin P. Whipple, 
Robert C. Winthrop, George Bancroft, Edwin Booth, Mrs. 
M. A. Vincent, Fanny Kemble, A. Graham Bell, Joseph 
Story, Charles Sumner, Rufus Choate, Anson Burlingame. 



CASE"C," THE MISCELLANEOUS CASE. 

An English Brick from the Curtis house, Jamaica Plain, 1639, with 
a photograph of the house thereon. The house was occupied 
by Rhode Island Troops during the Siege of Boston, and 
was demolished in 1886. Fred F. Hassani. 

Copper bullet mould of the Revolutionary period. Stacy Hall. 

Mould for making spoons brought from England, in 1635. 

Miss Elizabeth Rockwood. 

Door-plate of the Holmes House, Cambridge. 

Door-plate from the house in which Charlotte Cushman was 
born, in Richmond St., July 23, 1816. 

Mrs. C. E. Hutchinson. 

Spectacles once owned by Gawen Brown, maker of the Old South 
Clock. John B. Callender. 

iRON-bound spectacles worn in Boston during the Revolution. 

Loan : George IV. Maunder. 

Two Handkerchiefs, with pictures of the Battle of Lake Erie 
and of George Washington. 

Cane from wood of the " Constitution." C. C. Barryu 

Cane of Irish bog-oak given to Robert B. Forbes, 1847, '" com- 
mand of the U. S. Sloop " Jamestown," with supplies to the 
Irish during the famine. 

Birch stick used by Charlotte Cushman, at her last representa- 
tion of " Meg Merrilies," at the Globe Theatre. 

Addison Child. 

Orange-wood cane owned by Wendell Phillips. 

Edward Watts 

Hammer excavated near Plymouth Rock in laying the street rail 

way. Washington G. Benedict 



REPRESENTATIVES' HALL. 13 

Case " C," The Miscellaneous Case — Continued. 

Surgeon's Saw used by Dr. David Jones at the Battle of Bunker 
Hill. 

Knife, Fork and Spoon used during the Rebellion by J. H. Hun- 
neman, Jr., Co. H, 9th Regiment, Mass. Vols. 

Surgical Instrunsents used by Dr. Eliphalet Downer, one of the 
minute-men of Lexington, and Surgeon on the " Bon Homme 
Richard," under John Paul Jones. Mrs. Nancy M. Downer. 

Old instruments for extracting teeth. (2) 

Money Belt worn in the war of the Rebellion, by J. H. Hunneman, 

Jr. 
Carved Ivory, done by a prisoner on an American privateer. 

Masonic punch-bowl presented to Col. Richard Gridley, about 
1765, and from which, it is said, Washington and Lafayette 
drank when visiting him. Loan : Samuel H. Russell. 

Silver Snuff-box of Thomas Miller of Charlestown, Deacon of 
the First Church for 45 years, with inscription. 

C. T. Symmes. 

Fan once owned by Agnes Surriage, Lady Frankland, about 1760. 

Miss Abby L. Alger. 

Chinese Porcelain Bowl, with raised figures in colors, once owned 
by the Rev. Roger Price, rector of King's Chapel, 1729- 
1746 ; commissary of the Bishop of London. 

Loan : Mrs. F. I. Weston. 

Sauce-Pan owned by Benjamin Franklin, given by his sister Jane 
Franklin Mecom to Benjamin Sumner, who administered 
upon Franklin's estate. Loan : Mrs. y. S. Lockwood. 

Linen Sheet once belonging to the Hancock family, given by Mrs. 
Hancock to Mrs. R. B. Carpenter. 

Loan : George O. Carpenter, 

Harrison Inauguration ball in Faneuil Hall, March 4, 1841 : list 
of Managers ; framed card. R. E. Cochran. 

Police Badges used from 1701 to 1855 ; Burglars' tools, etc., door- 
nips, slung-shot, jimmy, false keys, etc., taken from famous 
criminals from 1840 to 1850. Edward H. Savage. 

First Day-badge of the Boston police (1836.) 

Loan : »S. E. Barrett. 
Sampler, worked by a sister of Gov. Hutchinson. 

iWrs. S. S. Alexander. 

Bullet found on Breed's Hill, when building Bunker Hill Monu- 
ment. H. E. Holland. 
Buckles worn by Nathaniel Simmons, 1800. 



14 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

Case '' C,'' The Miscellaneous Case— Continued. 

Tinder Box, once belonging to Prof. Popkin of Harvard College, 
class of 1792. Francis H. Bigelow. 

Sun Dial used in 1762. 

Ancient Dutch box with a perpetual almanac, 1497. 

William J. Newcomb. 

Leaden Box, with contents, and silver plate placed under the corner 
stone of the Merchants' Exchange, August 2, 1841. 

Francis Cabot., Secretary. 

Communion Cloth of old Saxon linen given to the New North 
Church by Deaocn Kettell in 181 2. Rev. Edward G. Porter. 



CASE " D," THE MILITARY CASE. 

The Complete Uniform and equipments of the Boston Hussars, 
worn by their commander, Capt. Charles Norton Phelps, 
1811-1818, with the Regulations of the Company. 

The Phelps Family. 

Ancient Brass Military Ornament such as was worn on the hat by 
Massachusetts militiamen. Jeremiah Colburn. 

Brass Gorget, gold plated ; with the British arms, and initials 
" G. R.," said to have been worn by an English Officer in the 
Revolution. 

Non-Commissioned Officer's Sword, brought to this country with 
other arms by Lafayette. Louis Rondelle. 

SiLVER-Mounted Court Sword, worn by James Bowdoin, when 
minister to Spain under Jefferson, and assistant minister to 
France. Thomas L. Winthrop. 

Officer's Dress Sword ; said to have been owned by Lafayette. 

Loan : Mrs. A. C. Clapp. 

Sword of Gen. Henry Jackson, 1770. II. Jackson. 

Brass front piece of a British soldier's cap ; dug up on Bunker 
Hill in grading the ground after the completion of the 
monument, by Edward Carnes, and given by him to 

George IV. Forristall. 

Three Cannon Balls found at Louisburg, Cape Breton, after the 
capture of the fortress in 1745. Loan : Charles W. Lewis. 



REPRESENTATIVES' HALL. 15 



CASE " E," THE TILE AND MINIATURE CASE. 

Seven Tiles Printed by Sadler and Green in 1756 , the first 
specimens of printing on earthen ware in this country ; from 
an old building in Dock Square. Gridley jf. F. Bryant. 

Three Tiles from the house on the corner of Columbia and Essex 
Streets, used by Lord Percy as headquarters. 

John M. Little. 
Tile from the Bishop's Room in the house on the corner of 
Franklin and Federal Streets, taken out Feb. 28, 1854. 

G. VV. Adams. 
Tile from the house of James Barry in Barry Court, ofif Washing- 
ton Street. William C. Burrage. 

Four Dutch Tiles from the fire-place in the house occupied by 
Cotton Mather on the corner of Hanover and Prince Streets. 

Miss Elizabeth L. Means. 

Bill of Damages of Experience Ingersol for articles destroyed in 
the burning of Charlestown in 1775 ; to have been presen- 
ted to the British Commander ; photograph copy, 

Walter Ingersol Noble. 

Broadside Placard ; an appeal to tar and feather (jeorge Thomp- 
son, the English Abolitionist, which led to the Garrison 
riot, Oct. 21, 1835 ; taken from a shutter on that day by 

B. V. French. 

Library of Gov. John A. Andrew in his house in Charles St., af- 
ter the War ; photograph. Horace P. Chandler. 

Miniature Photographs of George Francis Train, mounted on 
one card of cabinet size. Nathan Appleton. 

Photograph of the Woman and Lions, in Howard St., 1880. 

Nathan Appleton. 

The Old Dorchester Meeting-house, 1748-18 17 ; photograph of 

an engraving. Benj. Gushing. 

Photograph of the Arms of George III, formerly in the Council 
Chamber of the State House, carried to Nova Scotia on 
the Evacuation of Boston, March 17, 1776. 

The Oldest Tombstone of Copp's Hill, 1664 ; photograph. 

Ed7vard MacDonald. 
Photograph of the Tombstone of William Clark on Copp's Hill. 

Edward MacDonald. 

Col. Benjamin Pollard, the first Commander of the Independent 
Corps of Cadets ; photograph of a portrait. 

A Copy of the New England Primer, 1781 



t6 bostonian society. 

Case " j5'," The Tile and Miniature Case — Cotitiniied. 

Order of Exercises, badge and invitation, at the Consecration of 
the Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Mass., Oct. 14, 1891, 

Samuel H. Rtissell. 

The Gov. Winslow House in Marshfield, and a secret closet in 
that house ; photographs. H. L. Hadlock. 

Illuminated Copy of an Address to H. M. Queen Victoria, by the 
British-American Association of Boston, June 3, 1887. 

Robert B. Forbes ; photograph. 

Moses Grant, 1745-1817 ; one of the "Tea Party; " photograph. 

Miss Alice Grant. 
Rev. Charles Cleveland, City Missionary, photograph when 99 
years of age. 

LiBBV Prison, Richmond, Va., 1862 ; photograph. 

William JV. Wheildon. 
Benjamin Sumner, Treasurer of Boston, 1803-5 ? photograph. 

Loan : Mrs. J. S. Locktuood. 
Joseph Henderson, high sheriff; miniature painted on ivory, by 
Amblard in London, 1793. He proclaimed from the Bal- 
cony of the Old State House the Treaty of Peace, in 1783. 

Harrison G. Otis. 
Charles H. Saunders, an actor, who made his first appearance 
at the Warren Theatre in 1836 ; daguerreotype. 

Mrs. Saufiders^ 

Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, v. No. 61 ; miniature on 
ivory. Eev. S. B. Cruft. 

Benjamin Franklin, when minister to France; framed miniature. 

C. S. &- H. IV. Lincoln. 

The Hammond Family, two silhouettes by W. M. S. Doyle, about 

1807. Loan: Samuel H. Russell. 

Samuel Appleton, v. No. 169 ; a steel plate. Nathan Appleton. 

John Tileston, Master of the North Writing School, died 1826, 
aged 90 ; photograph from a portrait by Greenwood in the 
Boston Museum. jfames W. Black. 

Rev. William Jenks, D. D., 1778-1866; Professor in Bowdoin 
College, 1815-18 : Pastor of Green Street Congregational 
Church, 1823-1845 ; framed photograph. 

Washington Allston, 1779-1843 ; daguerreotype after a portrait 
by Staigg. Nathan Appleton. 

Francis Rotch, 1773, owner of the tea ships, "Beaver" and 
" Dartmouth," visited by the Tea Party ; silhouette by 
Miers of London. George W. Allan. 



REPRESENTATIVES' HALL. 17 

Case "i?," The Tile arid Miniature Case — Continued. 

Joseph and Francis Rotch, autographs, 1772, 1773. 

Nancy, second wife of Francis Rotch, 1 776-1867 ; silhouette, " cut 

with scissors by Master Hubbard." 
House, No. 477 Harrison Avenue, struck by a cannon ball during 

the Siege of Boston, 1775-6 ; photograph. 
Last Relic of the Great Fire, 1872, a building on the corner of 

Congress and Purchase Streets ; removed Dec, 1889. 

W. F. Mclniyre. 
Badge worn at the 200th Celebration of the settlement of Boston, 

1830, by Charles P. Curtis, 

The House of Daniel Webster at Marshfield ; his tomb, and the 

Webster lot in the cemetery; three photographs. 

Henry L. Hadlock. 
Copper-Plate block of the old State House. Jatnes S. Smith. 
Bit of Iron from the roof of Haarlem Cathedral, Holland, with 

date, 1662. A'athan Appleton. 

A Ticket to a military dinner given in Philadelphia to the Boston 

City Guards, June 14, 1831 ; framed. George P. May. 

A Gold Locket with two miniature portraits, picked up on the 

Bull Run battle-field in the Fall of 1862, by Henry W. 

Gore, Lieut. Co. C. 33d Reg. Mass. Vols. Henry W. Gore. 



CASE "F," THE CHINA CASE. 

Old " Wood " platter, with a view of La Grange, the chateau of 
Lafayette. Given by him to Elizabeth Dickson Jones, a 
former resident of Boston. Loan : Samuel B. Dean. 

Old " Ridgway " platter, once owned by Major Thomas Dean, a 
banker of Boston, who commanded Fort Warren in 18 12. 

Loan : Samuel B. Dean. 

Plate ; Boston Common and State House. 

Plate ; common white ; a relic of the Great Fire, 1872. 

Plate ; residence of Thomas H. Perkins in Pearl Street, after- 
wards occupied by the Boston Athenaeum. 

Pitcher, with lustre and purple decorations, figures, legend, 
eagle, motto, etc. Loan : W, jf. Green. 

Pitcher, cream-white earthen, thirteen stars on the side, one of 
the set first made in this country, about 1808. 

Loan : Mrs. Frances I. Weston. 
Pitcher ; earthenware, small blue, the State House on one side, 
the New York City Hall oa reverse. 

Amos A. Lawren^, 



i8 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

Case " 7^," The Chma Case — Confhiued. 

Plate, porcelain, once belonging to Gov. Gage, with birds, flowers, 
etc., from the loot of the Province House, 1776, 

Plate ; blue earthenware ; The old hotel at Nahant. 

Loan : Samuel H. Russell. 

Platters (2) and butter-plate, " Bacon's Oyster House ;" site of 
Brigham's Hotel. Robert B. Brigham. 

Liverpool Pitcher, with Masonic emblems and portrait of Wash- 
ington upheld by the t.oddess of Liberty; made for Gen. 
John Hall, an officer of the Revolution, marked "J. and P. 
[his wife Persis] Hall." Loan : Mrs. Levi L. Nichols. 

Pitcher, earthen-ware, blue on white, made for the Bi-Centennial 
Celebration, at Plymouth, of the Landing of the Pilgrims, 
1820. Loan : Francis H. Bigelow. 

Plate ; Mitchell and Freeman's glass warehouse, Chatham St. 

Platter ; the Court House (Court Square). 

Pitcher, with lustre lining and handle. 

Loan : Mrs. B. F. Chandler. 

Pitcher, earthen-ware, stamped in red on cream ground, with 
motto : " Success to the Crooked but interesting Town of 
Boston ;" on the reverse, a portion of one of Moore's poems. 

Pitcher; ditto, black on cream. Richard Briggs. 

Plate ; The Marine Hospital at Chelsea ; earthen-ware. 

Plate ; Landing of the Pilgrims ; made for the Bi-Centennial at 
Plymouth, by Enoch Wood & Sons, Burslem, England. 

Benjamin C. Clark. 

Plate ; ditto, small. 

Tureen, with view of Caius College, Cambridge, 200 years ago. 

Loan : Miss Elizabeth Rockwood. 

Plate ; Boston State House. 

Plate; New South Church, Church Green. 

Pitcher ; Liverpool, black on cream, with arms of the Coopers' 
Guild ; on the reverse, a cooper at work, with motto ; letter 
" F" on front. From the Fernald Family. 

Loan : Samuel H. Russell. 

Pitcher; Liverpool, stamped \\\ih shipwrights' arms, on the 
reverse the ship " CJonstitution ; " with masonic emblems 
and gilding; inscribed" Joshua Pitman," and made for 
him after the Revolution. Loan : Joshua H. Pitman, 

Pitcher ; The " Enterprise " and " Boxer." 

Pitcher; Ship building in Salem ship yard, 1800. 

Platter ; view of the Old Alms-House, Leverett Street, 1800-1825. 



REPRESENTATIVES' HALL. 19 

Case "7^," The Chit/a Case — Continued. 

China Tea-caddy, with tea found in the pocket and boots of John 
Crane, one of the Boston Tea Party, when taken injured to 
his home, Dec. 16, 1773. Mrs. Richard Perkins. 

Plate, with Harrison log-cabin, 1840 ; glass. 

Miss Elizabeth Rockwood. 

Plate, with Bunker Hill Monument ; glass. 

Pepper-box, 150 years old. Miss Elizabeth Rockwood. 

Milk PITCHER, Chinese cat, porcelain, blue on white, from the 
collection of Capt. Ebenezer Eaton, of Dorchester. 

Loan : Ered E. Hassam. 

Tea-set, copper lustre, light blue earthen-ware. 

Loan : Mrs. Erances I. Weston. 

Cup and Saucer, porcelain, from a full set taken from the British 
at Bennington by Gen. Stark, and given to Capt. Thomas 
Hotchkiss of Boston. Mrs. Walker. 

Pitcher, earthen-ware, with purple ground and copper lustre ; 

letters " D. S." in front, body covered with arabesques ; 

made in England for Capt. Daniel Sayward. 

Loan : Harrison Ellery. 
Pitcher, English earthen-ware, cream-colored, with gilding, fluted* 

gilt stars on the sides. Loan : Erancis Lincoln. 

Pitcher, blue Liverpool earthen-ware ; State House. 

Loan : Sainuel H. Rttssell. 



CASE'*G," THE MODEL AND MEDAL CASE. 

Model of the "Cockerel Church," Hanover St., 1721-184.1, also 
called the " New Brick;" the founders placed the figure of 
a cock as a vane upon the steeple, says Drake, out of de- 
r'sion of Mr. Thacher, whose Christian name was Peter (the 
Pastor of the New North, from which the founders of the 
"New Brick" seceded ; afterwards by union with the Old 
North, it became the Second Church, Mrs. E. L. Wilson. 

Coffin-shaped box for valuables, made in 1841 from wood of the 
"Constitution;" owned by Mrs. Harriet A. F. Cox Lewis; 
ornamented with a silver coffin-plate of her mother, Sus- 
anna Hickling Cox, 1762 ; given by their descendants 

Joseph and Susanna Willard, 

Bronze model of the Old South Meeting-house. 

Bradford Kingman. 

House made from wood of the Old Elm, 1855. 

Loan : John B. Callender. 



20 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

Case "(7," The Model and Medal Case — Continued. 

Model of the " Old Elm," made by the donor from wood of the 
tree after its destruction by the gale of Feb, 15, 1876. 

Luke y. Page. 
Model of Daniel Webster's house at- Marshfield, given to the 
Hon. Peter Harvey by a member of the Webster family. 

Mrs. Peter Harvey. 
Urn of live oak made from wood of the frame of the frigate "Con- 
stitution," 1887, by James Miskelly. 

Model of a boat, with oars, etc., made for a member of the Per- 
kins family by Robert B. Forbes. Mrs. Richard Perkins. 

Oak Gavel used in the Board of Aldermen from the organization of 
the City Government to April, 1891. 

The Board oj Alder7nen. 

Brass door-knocker on wooden block, with inscription : " From 
the Winslow House, Marshfield, Mass.; came in Mayflower, 
1620 ; presented by Hon. Daniel Webster to Dr. Winslow, 
Sept. 12, 1850." Loan: Rev. William C. Winslow, D. D. 

Medal in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln, bronze, struck in 
Paris, 1865. 

Original die in silver of the great seal of the Province of New 
Hampshire from 1692 to 1694, with impressions. 

Loan : The Misses Getchell. 
Photograph of the great seal of New Hampshire, granted by 
William HL, January, 1699, broken in Council by order of 
Queen Anne, under the royal warrant, October 29, 1709 

yat/ies R. Stanwood. 

Five shillings and six-pence of the Pine-tree paper currency of 

Massachusetts, 1779, under glass. Henry Guild. 

Pine-tree shilling, 1652 ; silver. Edward Turner. 

Another from the box placed under the corner stone of the Mer- 
chants' Exchange, in 1841. Francis Cabot, Secretary. 

Seal of the New England Numismatic and Archajological Society, 
incorporated 1866 ; silvered electrotype die. Charles Chaplin. 

Seal of the Plymouth Colony, 1620; silvered electrotype die, 

Charles Chaplin. 

Badge of the Marshal of the Fair for the preservation of the Old 

South Meeting-house, Dec, 1877. Nathan Appleton, 

Badge of the " Carnival of Authors," held in Music Hall, Jan., 
1879. Nathan Appleton 

Medal, bust of the Rev. John Pierpont, 1785-1866 ; pastor of Hol- 
lis Street Church, 1819-45 ; bronze medallion framed in 
wjod. Moses W. Weld, M. D. 



REPRESENTATIVES' HALL. 21 

Case "6^," The Model and Medal Case — Continued. 

A Tortoise-shell work-box, inlaid with pearl, the contents gold- 
plated, with embossed figures of flowers, etc., having a 
music box attachment ; once owned by the family of Hartt, 
who built the " Constitution." T/ie Misses Delarid. 

Medal commemorating the Battle of Porto Bello, Nov. 2, 1739, 
by Admiral Vernon, for whom Mt. Vernon was named ; 
composition. Charles E. Clark, M. D. 

Block of the wood-cut used by the Lataplighters of Boston on 
their New Year's address, 1827. 

Medal of the Old Guard of New York, worn ia the parade in Bos- 
ton, on the 250th anniversary of the Ancient and Honorable 
Artillery Company, June 4, 188S, gilt. 

William T. R. Marvin. 

Medal commemorative of the Columbus Celebration, and the in- 
auguration in Boston of a statue of the Discoverer of Amer- 
ica, Oct. 21, 1892 ; white metal with badge. 

Nathan Appleton. 

Rev. John Pierpont; electrotype portrait from a seal cut by 
Mitchell. 

Badges worn by Committees of the Legislature to the Centennial 
Celebrations, in Philadelphia, 1887 ; Columbus, Ohio, 1888 ; 
New York, 1889 ; gilt. H. M. Richards d^• Co. 

Medals of the Foreign Exhibition, in Boston, 1883. 

Ahithan Appleton. 

Lafayette Gloves buckskin, with portrait, worn at the time of 
his visit to Boston, in 1824. jfohn Gilbert. 

Badge of Boston Veteran Firemen's Association Centennial, Sept. 
15, 1 88 7. William C. Lawrence. 

Medal of the Massachusetts Humane Society given to Geo. W. 
Rossiter of the Ship " New World," for rescuing many of 
the crew of the ship " Ocean Monarch " burned at sea, Aug. 
24, 1848 ; gold. Frank E. Hatch. 

Latin School Medals, Franklin Medals, Town and City Medals, 
Medal of the Salem St. Academy; silver; gifts or loans from 

Mrs. Richard Perkins, 
William Marble, Henry Guild, Mrs. L. C. I. Towne, John T. 
Pierce, Wm. P. Shreve, atid others. 

Stone from the Tower of St. Botolph's Church, Boston, England. 

Medal of the Massachusetts Humane Society. Abbott Lawrence. 

Medal with the arms of the Bostonian Society, worn at the Cen- 
tennial Celebration in Philadelphia, Sept. 17, 1887, by 

Williatn C. Biirrage. 

Badge worn by the Press at the Peace Jubilee, 1872, 

lVillia?n W. Wheildon. 



22 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

Case " C" The Model and Medal Case — Coutinued. 

Medal given to Charles Sargent by Ward N. Boylston, M. D.; 

bronze. yoh7i JDixwell, M. D. 

Medal issued by the International Maritime Exhibition, 1889 ; 

silver. William G. Crother, 

Badge of the Porcellian Club, Harvard College, instituted 1791 ; 

belonged to the Hon. George Morey, of the class of i8[i ; 

silver. Mrs. J. E. Ellis. 

Badge-Pin, "Champions, Boston Base Ball Club. 1871 ;" gold. 

John P. Reed. 
Badge taken after the Great Fire from the store of Palmer, 

Batchelder & Co., 162 Washington Street; silver. 
Fireman's hat ; imitation in silver. William C. Lawrence. 

English Gold Watch, ovi^ned by William Perkins (No. 71), 

Mrs. Richard Perkins. 

Silver Watch, made in London, and given to the Rev. Peter 
Thacher, Minister of Milton, 1681-1727. Peter Thacher. 

George Peabodv, Banker and Philanthropist, 1795-1869; bronze 
medallion bust, struck by the Trustees of the Peabody 
Educational Fund. Samuel A. Green, M. D. 

Daniel Webster; bronze medallion bust. G. H. Smith. 

Theodore Parker ; mould and impressions of bust, taken in 
Europe, two years before his death. 

Charles B. d?* Bcfijamin W. Appleton. 

Medal commemorative of the Pilgrim Jubilee, 1870, the 250th 
Anniversary of the landing at Plymouth ; gilt. 

yohn B. Callender. 

Silver fac-simile of the gold medal given by the City to George 
William Curtis on occasion of his eulogy of Wendell Phillips, 
April 18, 1884. Henry Guild. 

Medal of the celebration of the third Centennial Anniversary of 
the settlement of Sante Fd, New Mexico, July, 1883. 

Medal commemorating the Centennial Anniversary of the Evacua- 
tion of New York City by the British, Nov. 28, 1783 ; head 
of Washington on the reverse. 

Medal commemorating the Centennial Celebration of Washing- 
ton's Headquarters at Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. 13, 18S3. 

Medal commemorating the Bi-Centennial of the settlement of 
Germantown, Penn., Oct. 6, 1883. 

Medal commemorating the Centennial of the Battle of Bunker 
Hill, June 17, 1775 ; five medals in white metal. 

One Cent and half cent of Massachusetts ; copper currency, 
1788. 



REPRESENTATIVES' HALL. 23 

Case "6^," l^he Model and Medal Case — Continued. 

Medal Souvenir of the erection, by ihe city, of Tablets in memory 
of the soldiers killed at Bunker Hill, 1889, 

Albert A. Folsom. 
Medal commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Ancient and 
Honorable Artillery Company, 1888 ; bronze. 

Henry Guild. 

CASE "H," NEW ENGLAND GUARDS' CASE. 

A Mahogany Cabinet, bearing upon either end a representation, 
carved in relief, of the shield of the New England Guards, 
with the company motto : " Our nation's honor the bond of 
union." /. Putnam Bradlee. 

This cabinet contains : 

A Silver Eagle bearing the engraved inscription : " Pre- 
sented by General Arnold Welles, November, 18 12." 

A Gold Medal, presented to the New England Guards by 
past members of the organization resident in Australia, in- 
scribed with the company motto. The reverse bears the 
following inscription : " Presented to the New England 
Guards by Joshua Crane, James W. Fletcher, Moses H. Call, 
Charles S. Jenney. Melbourne, Australia, September, 1854." 

A Gold Medal, presented to the New England Guards by 
past members of the organization resident in California, in- 
scribed : "N. E. G. Instituted Sept. 22, 1812." The re- 
verse bears the following inscription: "To the Guard in 
Boston, from the Old Guard in California. B. B. Gore, A. 
J, Almy, N. W. Knowlton, T, H. Borden, W. E. Moody, S. 
H. Whitmarsh, L. J. Wilder, N. H. Brown, N. L. Ingols, G. 
W. Nichols." 

A Gold-plated Gorget, bearing the State shield of Mass- 
achusetts in silver, worn by the successive commanders of 
the New England Guards, as the badge of office. 

An Officer's Mess Chest, of mahogany, containing arti- 
cles of Camp Equipage, in use in 1812. 

A Mahogany Ballot-box, silver mounted, bearing the 
initals, " N. E. G." and the engraved inscription : " Pre- 
sented by B. F. Pickman, Esq., 18 14." 

A Knapsack, inscribed: "B. 65." 

A Canteen, inscribed : " N. E. G., 63." 

A Representation of the shield formerly borne by the 
Guards, painted upon cloth, with the motto of the corps : 
" Our Nation's Honor the Bond of Union." 

The Neiu England Guards' Association. 



24 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

Case "ZT," New England Guards'' Case — Continued. 

Portions of uniform and equipment formerly worn by 
the New England Guards specified as follows : 

One shako, with white pompon ; One brass breast-plate ; 
One cartridge-box; One bayonet scabbard; One patent 
leather clasp-belt ; Two white cross-belts ; Two sets of 
epaulets. Joseph B. Glover. 

A Pair of Officers epaulets, of gold and bullion fringe. 

William C. Otis. 
JosiAH Putnam Bradlee, i8 11-87; Commander of the New 
England Guards ; framed photograph. 

Miss Helen C. Bradlee. 
A Dress Sword worn by the late Capt. J. Putnam Bradlee. 

Miss Helen C. Bradlee. 
A Sword inscribed : " S. B., Jr. from VV. V. H. 24th Reg. N. E. G." 
Records of the Guards and of the Guards' Association. 
A Pewter Mug marked : " N. E. G." Loan : John F. Ba?uhor. 



THE VESTIBULE. 

97 Josiah Quincy, 1772-1864; Mayor, 1823-9; President of 

Harvard College, 1829-45 ; plaster statuette, model of the 
statue in front of the City Hall, by Thomas Ball. 

Martin Parry Kennard. 

98 Lafayette, Marquis de, 1757-1834; steel-plate proof engrav- 

ing by Leroux from oil portrait by Ary Scheffer, 1822 ; full 
length in civil dress. 

99 Charles Sumner, 181 1-74; U. S. Senator, 1851-74; pho- 

tograph by Black with fac-simile autograph. 

Loan : City oj Boston. 

100 John Albion Andrew, 1818-1867 ; Governor, 1861-66; 

photograph. James IV. Black. 

loi John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; President of the United 
States, 1825-29 ; engraving by Durand, after portrait by 
Sully ; full length, seated. James A. Dupee. 

102 Wendell Phillips, 1811-84; photograph. 

Ja?nes IV. Black. 

103 William Lloyd Garrison, 1804-79 ; photograph. 

James W. Black. 



THE VESTIBULE. 25 

104 Miss Rosanna Black, Daughter of Andrew Black, afterward 

Mrs. Joseph Blake, and later Mrs. Benjamin Whitman ; died 
in 1848, aged about 76; half-length oil portrait of a young 
lady in a white satin robe, incorrectly attributed to Copley ; 
once owned by Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis (No. 83), and 
formerly exhibited in the Athenaeum. Loan : Arnim MiiUer. 

105 William Church Otis, 1831-89 ; oil portrait by Harding. 

Loan : Harrison Gray Otis. 

106 JosiAH QuiNCY, Jr., 1802-82 ; Mayor, 1845-9 \ oi^ portrait 

by Page. Josiah P. Quincy. 

107 Fisher Ames, 1758-1808; Member of Congress, 1788-97; 

oil portrait by Edgar Parker, after Stuart. 

Mrs. Edgar Parker. 

108 Nathaniel Pope Russell, i 779-1848 ; Treasurer of the 

Bunker Hill Monument Association, 1823-48 ; oil portrait 
by Stuart. Loan : Samuel H. Russell. 

109 George Robert Twelves Hewes, Member of the " Boston 

Tea Party," died Nov. 5, 1840, aged 98 years; oil portrait 
painted from life in 1835 t)y J. G. Cole; purchased from 
Henry W. Hewes. 
no John Park, M. D., 1775-1852; father of the Hon. John C. 
Park ; oil portrait. Loan : The Park Family. 

111 Edward Everett, i 794-1865 ; Member of Congress, 1825- 

35; Governor, 1836-40; Minister to England, 1841-5 ; 
President of Harvard College, 1852-3 ; U. S. Senator, 
1853-4; full length engraving by Wright Smith, after 
Hicks. 

112 Daniel Webster, i 782-1852 ; Member of Congress from 

New Hampshire and Massachusetts; Senator, 1827-39, 
1845-50; Secretary of State, 1840-43, 1850-52 ; full length 
engraving by Andrews and Smith, after Harding. 

113 RuFUS Choate, 1 799-1859 ; heliotype after the engraving in 

Brown's " Life of Choate." EllertoJi E. Pratt. 

114 Daniel Webster ; photograph of a crayon taken in the 

Capitol at Washington. 1845, by Eastman Johnson for the 
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, and given by him to the Massa- 
chusetts Historical Society, i886. Robert C. Winthrop. 

115 The Same; lithograph, after Ames. /. Colejuan. 

116 The Columbian Museum, kept by, Doyle (No. 80), in Tremont 

Street ; framed broad-side advertisement of part of the con- 
tents, with wood-cut view of the engagement between the 
"Constitution" and the " Guerriere ;" engraved by Abel 
Bowen, D, & A. Bowen, Printers, 12 Court Street. 

117 The Same : another framed broadside advertisement printed 

by tile Colunibinn Museum Press, " Head of the Mall." 

Jeremiah Co lb urn. 



26 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

ii8 Daniel Webster; photograph of an engraving. 

Francis H. Manning. 

1 19 Daniel Webster, at Marshfield; lithograph by Bufford. 

Loan : Samuel H. Russell. 

120 The Same; lithograph by Fabronius, after Ames, 1863. 

131 A Letter of Daniel Webster to the Hon. Peter Harvey, 
dated Washington, Sept. 27, 1850 ; framed. 

J. Appleton Bailey. 

122 Ticket of admission to the Columbian Museum, signed, 

" Mr. Mason " ; framed. Jeremiah Colburn. 

123 Frame, containing letters or autographs of Washington, 

John Hancock, " Lord " Timothy Dexter, Gov. Wentworth 
and others. Loan ; Alonzo B. Wentworth. 

124 Bust of "The Greek Slave," in marble by Powers. 

Loan : Mrs. William C. Otis. 

125 Daniel Webster ; engraving. 

126 The Same; lithograph by T'endleton of Johnston's drawing, 

after Harding's portrait, 183 1. Joseph Simes. 

127 The Same ; lithograph after a miniature by Harvey. 

Mrs. Frances I. Weston. 

128 The Same; full length engraving by WagstafT and Andrews, 

after portrait by Lawson. 

129 The Same; engraving by Ritchie, after a daguerreotype by 

Whipple, 1848. Datiiel T. V. Huntoon. 

130 Eulogy on the Death of James Lawrence, Commander of the 

U. S. Frigate "Chesapeake," killed June 4, 1813, off Boston 
Harbor in the tight with the " Shannon " ; framed broad- 
side, A. Bowen, engraver. Mrs. C. G. Butts. 

131 The Same; broadside woodcut, printed on satin; framed. 

Loan : John F. Banchor. 

132 Minot's Light-House; dravving, framed in a window washed 

ashore by the storm which destroyed the light-house, April 

16-17, 1 85 1. Mrs. S. L. Andrews. 

i32aTHE Same; plans of the new Light, with a view of the old 

house; colored lithograph, by Burrill. Alden Frink. 

133 The Merchants' Exchange, State St., 1842 ; L Rogers, archi- 

tect ; engraved by Thayer. Mortimer C. Ferris. 

134 Suffolk County Registry of Deeds, plan of the en- 

largement, 1859 ' framed. Loan : The City of Boston. 

135 Proposed Building for the Horticultural Society, 1864 ; framed. 

Grid ley J. F. Bryant. 

136 Frame, containing views of i. The Facade, corner of Franklin 

and Devonshire Streets ; 2. Winthrop Square and Devon- 
shire Streets; 3. Franklin and Devonshire Streets ; destroyed 
by the Great Fire, 1872. Gridley J. F. Bryant. 



THE VESTIBULE. 27 

137 Deed of Transfer to the Town of Boston of the Common- 

wealth's share in the Old State House, April 28, 1803, 
signed by the Commissioners appointed by the General 
Court to execute the transfer ; framed. 

Loan : City of Boston. 

138 Beal's Photographic View of Boston, from the top of the 

Grand Junction elevator. East Boston, 1877 ; framed. 

139 Boston from City Point, near Sea St., showing the old wind- 

mill ; painted and engraved by VV. J. Bennett, 1830; colored 
engraving. Samuel W. Clifford. 

140 Certificate of Membership of Samuel W. Clifford in the In- 

dependent Boston Fusileers ; colored engraving by Osborn, 
with picture of the Company in camp, 1844. 

Samuel W. Clifford. 

141 View of Boston from the ship-house at the West end of the 

Navy Yard ; colored engraving by W. J. Bennett from his 
painting. Samuel W. Clifford. 



THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. 

142 Mary Allevne Otis, great granddaughter of Edward Doten 

of the " Mayflower ; " born at Plymouth, 1702, wife of No. 
217, died about 1770; oil portrait by Copley, life size, 
seated, originally full length. Loan : Harrison Gray Otis. 

143 Major Thomas Melville, 1751-1832; a member of the 

"Boston Tea Party;" fireward, r779-i825 ; Naval Officer, 
1786-9, 1811-29; pastel portrait, as a young man, attribu- 
ted to Copley. Loan : John S. Damrell. 

144 Death of Gen. Richard Montgomery in the attack on Quebec, 

Dec. 31, 1775 (with key); engraved by x\(iiller, London, 
1798, after Trumbull; containing portraits of Gen. Mont- 
gomery, Major Jacob Cheeseman, Major Duncan McPher- 
son, and others. Miss Eliza S. Quincy. 

145 Three Flemish Tiles from a fire-place in the mansion of 

Gov. Thomas Hutchinson, on Garden Court Street, North 
Square, taken down in 1832 ; framed. John J. May. 

146 Invitation to attend the funeral, at St. Mary Woolnoth, 

London, Feb. 21, 1695, of Sir William Phipps (1651-95), 
first governor of Massachusetts under the second charter ; 
signed and sealed by "Major-General Wintrop ;" wood 
cut fac-simile, framed. Charles E. Clark, M. D. 

147 Ancient Indenture on parchment, framed, with arms of the 

City of London, issued to Richard Orchard as apprentice 
to Richard Mill, felt maker, 1655, with endorsement of 
Edward Rawson, Secretary of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 
1662. John S. H. Fogg, M. D. 



28 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

148 Clearance Permit of the brigantine " Pitt " of Boston, is- 

sued by the Lords of the Admiralty, London, June 9, 1776, 
with autograph of the Earl of Egremont and others, counter- 
signed " A. Oliver, Secretary ; " copper-plate on parchment, 
framed. Robert C. Mackay. 

149 John Nelson, 1654-1734; photograph after Smibert, framed. 

He is described in a letter of James Lloyd to Samuel 
Breck, 18 17, as a spirited and respected inhabitant of Bos- 
ton, who, in 1689, turned the guns of a battery on the gov- 
ernment fort, and demanded the surrender of Sir Edmund 
Andros, the royal governor, who had retired to the fort for 
security. He was afterwards imprisoned during the 
French war and carried to Quebec, where he heard of an 
expedition fitting out against the settlements on the Penob- 
scot and Piscataqua rivers, which, at the risk of his life, he 
communicated to the government of Massachusetts. Being 
removed to France, he sent word of a second expedition 
against the Colonies. He was released after the Peace of 
Ryswick on his parole to a French gentleman, who advanced 
;^2o,ooo as security for his return. Being advised by 
William HL not to return, he replied: " Please God I live, 
I'll go !" which he did. Temple Prince. 

150 The First Charter of Massachusetts, granted by Charles I, 

1629 ; miniature heliotype reproduction, framed. 

William H. Whitmore. 

151 Phillis VVheatley, born in Africa about 1753, brought to 

this country, i76r, died in Boston, 1784; servant of John 
Wheatley of this city ; she began to write verses at an early 
age, and her poems, dedicated to the Countess of Hunting- 
ton, were published in London with her portrait in 1773, 
and were several times reprinted ; copper-plate engraving 
published in that year by Archibald Bell, Aldgate, London. 

James M. Bugbee. 

152 JosiAH QuiNCY, Jr., "the Patriot," 1744-75 ; defended in this 

room the soldiers arrested for the " Boston Massacre," 1770 ; 
oil portrait by Stuart, from a print, 1825. 

Loan: Estate of Josiah Quincy 

153 Boston Common about 1850 ; oil sketch by Thomas G. Ap- 

pleton (No. 173). Nathan Appleton. 

154 John Brooks, M. D., 1752-1825 ; commanded the minute- 

men of Reading at Lexington, April 19, 1775; an able 
officer in the Revolution; Governor, 1816-23; engraving 
after Stuart, 1820. 

155 The Same, a photograph, after Stuart's portrait, reduced. 

156 The Same, copper-plate engraving by Chorley, after Frothing- 

ham's portrait in possession of Dudley Hall, Esq. 



THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. 29 

157 Samuel Griswold Goodrich (" Peter Parley ") 1793-1860 ; 

author or editor of 170 volumes, many of them for the 
young ; engraved by Bannister from a daguerreotype. 

Henry W. Bricher. 

158 The Bas-reliefs on the Pilgrim Monument at Plymouth, de- 

signed by Hammatt Billings ; electrotyped copies in minia- 
ture, framed. Charles Chaplin. 

159 Glass Medallions from two quart bottles, marked " C. Ap- 

thorp, 1751," and (Sir) "Robert Temple, 1767," found at 
Winter Hill, Somerville ; set in plush, framed. 

Job A. Turner. 

160 Paul Revere, 1735-18 18 ; engraving by SchofT, after Stuart ; 

with fac-simile autograph. 

161 Isaac Hull, 1775-1843; Lieutenant U. S. Navy, 1798; Cap- 

tain, 1806 ; distinguished himself in the Expedition against 
Algiers; in command of the " Constitution," captured the 
"Guerri^re," Aug. 19, 1812 ; oil portrait by Stuart, 1813, in 
uniform. Loan : Parker C. Chandler. 

162 Boston Common in 1830, with a view of the State House ; 

water-color by George Harvey, an English Artist ; gift of 
his name-sake George Harvey Chickering. 

163 Lafayette, described in French as " Deputy to the National 

Assembly, 1789, commander of the National Guard of Paris, 
15 July ;" engraving by Fiesinger, after Guenin, published 
in Paris in 1830. Abbott Lawrence. 

164 William Austin, 1778-1841 ; Author of " Peter Rugg, the 

Missing Man ;" first commissioned Chaplain of the U. S. 
Navy, 1799 ; photograph of a portrait by Pratt. 

Jonathan French. 

i64rtARTHUR Williams Austin, 1807-84, son of the above; 

Collector of the Port, 1857-60 ; engraving by Buttre for 

the U. S. Democratic Review from a photograph ; with 

fac-simile autograph. Jonathan French. 

165 Autograph letter of the Rev. Cotton Mather to Mr. Ellis 

Kallender, Elder of a Church of Christ, Boston, Jan. i, 1714; 
framed. 

166 Receipted itemized bill for repairs made on the Town-house 

(Old State House), 17 13, by John Brand; framed. 

167 Autograph of Robert Keayne, who came over in 1635, fornied 

and was first Captain of the Artillery Company, 1638, died 
in 1656, aged 61 years, leaving £2^00 to build the first 
Town-house, on this spot ; framed. 

John S. H. Fogg, M. D. 

168 Letter of Major Benjamin Church (1639-17 18), the celebrated 

Indian fighter, to Capt. Thomas Leonard of Taunton, Aug. 
II, 1697 ; framed. Charles E. Clark, M. D, 



30 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

169 Samuel Appleton, Merchant, 1766-1853; full length sil- 

houette pasted on to a lithograph view of Tremont Street 
taken about 1835, Nathan Appleton. 

170 The Same ; engraving by Schoff after Healy, with fac-simile 

autograph. Nathan Appleton. 

171 Nathan Appleton, 1779-1861 ; Merchant, and writer on 

political economy ; one of the Founders of Lowell ; Mem- 
ber of Congress, 183 1-3, and 1842 ; oil portrait by Healy. 

Loan : Nathafi Appleton. 

172 The Same; engraving by Schoff after Healy's portrait, with 

facsimile autograph. Nathan Appleton. 

173 Thomas Gold Appleton, 1812-84; Son of No. 171; pastel 

by Alexander, 1852. Loan: Nathan Appleton. 

174 The Same ; engraving by the Metropolitan Publishing and 

Engraving Co., New York ; with fac-simile autograph. 

Nathan Appleton. 

175 Letter of Gawen Brown to the Old South Church in 1768, 

concerning the clock on the meeting-house made by him. 

Loan : The Old South Church. 

176 Nathaniel Gorham, 1738-96 ; Member of the Old Congress, 

1782-3, 1785-7, and President, 1786; member of the Con- 
stitutional Convention, 1787 ; copper-plate engraving by 
Rosenthal. George Gorham. 

177 Thomas Sherwin, 1799-1869; Head Master of the English 

High School, 1838-69; engraving by Wright Smith from a 
daguerreotype ; with fac-simile autograph. 

Rev. E. R. Butler. 

178 James Otis, Jr., "the Patriot," 1724-83, Son of No. 217; argued 

in this room against writs of assistance, 1761 ; delegate to 
the Colonial Congress, 1765; copy of Blackburn's original 
oil portrait in possession of Mrs. Rogers of Boston. 

Loan : Harrison Gray Otis. 

179 Three Views of Boston, drawn in water-color in 1764, by 

Capt. Richard Byron, R. N. (1724-181 1), brother of Isabella, 
Lady Carlisle, and of Admiral Byron, grandfather of the 
poet; afterward rector of Houghton, Durham ; inscribed in 
the author's handwriting: i. " View of the Long Wharf and 
Part of the Harbor of Boston in New England, America 
R. Byron, ft.; 2. View of the South End of Boston in New 
England America and of the Neck taken from the Hill 
N. E. of the Common R. Byron ft : 3. View of the North 
End of Boston in New England America and of Charles 
Towne taken from the Hill westward of the Beacon R. 
Byron, ft." Framed together. The Earl of Carlisle. 



THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. 31 

180 Prophetic Chronology of the reign of George III ; en- 

graved by Hewitt in London, 18 16; framed. 

George W. Maunder. 

181 The Princess Anna Sophia, grand-daughter of James I., 

1630-17 14 ; Electress of Hanover, mother of George I,, of 
England ; mezzotint engraving by Simon of a portrait 
painted in Hanover. Loan : William H. Whitmore. 

182 Harrison Gray Otis, (v. No. 7) ; marble bust by Clevenger. 

Loan : Harrison Gray Otis. 

183 George HI., 1738-1820; transparent colored mezzotint en- 

graving by Purcell after Frye, printed by John Bowles, 
Cornhill, London ; from the Read sale, Cambridge. 

184 Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, married George 

HI, 1761 ; similar engraving, after Frye; from the Read 
sale. 

185 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, third son of George 

II., 1729-65 ; defeated by the French at Fontenoy, 1745 ; 
defeated the Pretender at Culloden, 1746; mezzotint en- 
graving after Faber's portrait from life. 

186 Harrison Gray, 1710-94; First Treasurer and Receiver- 

General of Massachusetts Bay Colony; banished during the 
Revolution ; oil portrait by Copley, half length. 

Loan : Harrison Gray Otis. 

187 John Gilbert, Comedian, 1810-89; made his tirst appear- 

ance at the Tremont Theatre, Nov. 28, 1828 ; his last at 
the Park Theatre, Dec. 15, 18S8; engraving by Buttre, 
after Sarony's photograph, with facsimile autograph, 

Johti Gilbert. 

188 Benjamin Franklin ; copperplate engraving after Cochin by 

Chodowiecki, a Russian painter and engraver. 

William C. Burrage. 

189 The Rt. Hon. Isaac Barr6, 17 26-1802 ; Adjutant-General of 

the Army before Quebec ; Member of Parliament, and 
Friend of America, for whom the Town of Barre was named; 
engraving by Hall, after Stuart, 1785. 

/. S. Wright dv Co. 

190 Andrew Oliver, 1706-74; one of H. M's Council, 1746-65; 

Secretary of the Province, 1756-70; Lieut. -Governor, 1771; 
heiiotype reproduction of an oil portrait by Emmons, 1728. 

Fitch E. Oliver, M. D. 

191 George Washington, by Edgar Parker; copy of Stuart's 

portrait. Miss Eliza S. Quincy. 



32 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

192 Rev, Samuel Cooper, D. D., 1725-83 ; Pastor of Brattle 

Square Church, 1746-83 ; an eminent Patriot and Author ; 
mezzotint engraving by Green, 1754, from a portrait owned 
by Gov. Hancock, with motto : " Cujus etiam a lingua melle 
dulcior fluebat oratio ;'' ixom the J. Chaloner Smith sale, 
London, 1887. 

193 John Adams ; copy by Edgar Parker of Stuart's portrait. 

Mrs. Edgar Parker. 

194 Jonathan Belcher, 1682-1757 ; Member of the Council and 

Agent of Mass. to England ; Governor of Mass. and N. 
H,, 1730-41, of New Jersey, 1747 ; mezzotint engraving by 
Faber after Phillips ; from the Smith sale. 

195 Gen. Joseph Warren, 1741-75 ; lithograph by Pendleton, 

after Alexander. 

196 Home of Gen. Warren in Hanover St., from 1772 to '75, on 

the site of the American House; removed 1850; engraving. 

Henry B. Rice. 

197 Samuel Sewall, born in England, 1652, died in Boston, 

J 730; Member of the Council; Judge, 1692-1711; Chief 
Justice to 1728 ; engraving from the " Portfolio," after an 
original portrait, with fac-simile autograph. 

198 Edward Winslow, 1595-1655 ; Governor of Plymouth Col- 

ony, 1633, '36, '44 ; appointed by Cromwell one of three 
commissioners to superintend an expedition against the 
Spaniards in the West Jndies, he died at sea in that service; 
engraving by House, with fac-simile autograph, 1639, and 
coat of arms ; in antique frame. Johfi Gilbert. 

199 John Paul Jones, born in Scotland, 1747, died in Paris, 

1792; Lieutenant in U. S. Navy, 1775; Commanded the 
"Bon Homme Richard," 1779, ^^^ captured the "Serapis;" 
entered the Russian service, 1787. Drawn from life by 
Moreau in Paris, and engraved by him, 1781; with motto 
from Molibre. 

200 Samuel Adams, 1722-1803 ; Delegate to the Continental 

Congress, and to the Constitutional Convention ; Lieut. - 
Governor, 1789-94, Governor, 1794-7; copper-plate en- 
graving by Norman, with inscription, " First Delegate to 
Congress for Mass." 

201 Elizabeth Gray Otis, daughter of Harrison Gray (No. 186) 

born about 1745 ; wife of Samuel Alleyne Otis (No. 209) 
mother of Harrison Gray Otis (No. 7); died about 1785 
oil portrait by Copley, originally full length, as a shepherd- 
ess with a crook, holding a lamb by a blue ribbon. 

Loan : Harrison Gray Otis. 



THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. 33 

202 William Shirley, 1693-17 ii ; Governor, 1741-49, 1753-56; 

planned the Expedition against Cape Breton, 1745 ; mezzo- 
tint engraving by McArdell, after Hudson ; from the Smith 
sale. 

203 Caler Strong, 1745-1819 ; U. S. Senator, 1789-97 ; Governor, 

1800-7 ^"*^ i8i2-i6; copperplate engraving, by I. R. 
Smith, after Doyle, 18 13, with inscription: "Elected in 
18 13 Governor of Mass., for the ninth time by the free suf- 
frages of his fellow-citizens." Charles H. Wise. 

204 Gilbert Stuart, Painter, 1 754-1828 ; copper-plate proof en- 

graving by Edwin, after Nagle's portrait, act. 72. 

C. H. Hart. 

205 John Singleton Copley, R. A., 1737-1815; steel engraving 

by Edwards, 1832, after Stuart. Loan : Samuel H. Russell. 

206 Prince de Joinville ; invitation to a ball given in his honor 

while in Boston, Nov., 1841 ; engraved card by Hopwood, 
with portrait of King Louis Philippe, father of the Prince. 

Ho7i. John Lathrop. 

207 Sir Charles Henry Frankland, 1716-68 ; Collector of Bos- 

ton, 1741-57; Consul-General at Lisbon, 1757-63; etching 
by Miss Annie S. Pratt, from a photograph obtained at 
Thirkelby Hall, Yorkshire, the residence of the family, by 
the Rev. Elias Nason. John F. Pratt, M. D. 

208 Thomas Melville, (?'. No. 143); engraving electrotyped by 

Hopkins. O. A. Crane. 

209 Samuel Alleyne Otis, 1740-18 14, Son of James Otis (No. 

217) ; Member of Congress, 1788 ; first Secretary of the U. 
S. Senate ; father of Harrison Gray Otis (No. 7} ; oil por- 
trait by Stuart, 1800. Loan : Harrison Gray Otis. 

210 Thomas Pownall, 1722-1805 ; Governor 1757-60; of South 

Carolina, 1760-61; M.P., 1768-80; mezzotint engraving 
by Earlom, after Cotes ; from the Smith sale. * 

211 William Gushing, 1732-1810; Judge of the Superior Court, 

1772; Chief Justice, 1777; Judge of the Supreme Court, 
1782, and Chief Justice; Associate Justice U. S. Supreme 
Court, 1789; nominated by Washington Chief Justice but 
declined ; photograph of a portrait. 

Loan : Mrs. Mary S. Israel. 

212 Thomas Hollis, 1659-173 i ; a Merchant of London, a liberal 

benefactor of Harvard College ; copperplate engraving ; 
bust with wreath and seated figure of Minerva. 

Hamilton A. Hill. 

213 Act of the Colonial Legislature, April 25, 175 1, apportioning 

the cost of rebuilding the Town-House (Old State House), 
after the fire of 1747, ^^^3705, i is 4d., to the Town of Boston 
and the other towns of Suffolk County ; framed broadside. 

Heirs of D. T. V. Huntoon. 



34 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

214 Federal St. Theatre; bill for Nov. 13 (about 1795) ; plays, 

" The Stranger " and a farce, " Aninaal Magnetism ; " the 
following was printed at the bottom : " N. B. On no ac- 
count a segar to be smoked in the theatre. It is hoped 
that no gentleman will take offence at being refused admit- 
tance behind the scenes." Framed. 

215 The Same; bill for Oct. 12, 1796, framed; plays, "Venice 

Preserved," and " Oscar and Malvina." 

" The theatre opens at five, performance at 6." 

Johi F. Banchor. 

216 JosiAH QuiNCY (v. No. 97) ; crayon by Furness, after Stuart, 

1824. Miss Abby P. Quincy. 

217 Col. James Otis, of Barnstable, 1702-78; father of James 

Otis, Jr. (No. 178), and of Samuel Alleyne Otis (No. 209); 
husband of Mary Alleyne Otis (No. 142); speaker of the 
Provincial Congress, 1760 ; C. J. of Court of Common Pleas, 
1764; President of H. M.'s Council, 1771 and '72; oi! por- 
trait by Copley; originally full length, life-size, seated 

Loan : Harrison G/ 'sy Otis. 

218 Mercury, a carved and gilded figure with outspread wings, 

alighting on the earth ; said to have stood before the Post 
Office in 1750; for fifty years in front of the store of C. C. 
Hutchinson, formerly that of F. W. Lincoln, 126 Commercial 
St. ; said to be the oldest emblematical sign in Boston. 

C. C. Hutchinson. 
219-226 Arms of Governors William Burnet, 1728; Col. Samuel 
Shute, 17 16; Joseph Dudley, 1702; Earl of Bellomont, 
1699; Sir Edmund Andros, 1686; Jonathan Belcher, 1730; 
William Shirley, 1717 ; Thomas Pownall, 1757 ; painted on 
canvas by Savory. 

The Wardens and Vestry of King's Chapel. 

227 The Hall Clock of Mather Byles, First Pastor of the Hollis 

Street Church, made by his son-in-law, Gawen Brown, in 
King, now State Street, 1750; loaned by T. O. H. P. 
Burnham in 1883 ; purchased from his estate in 1892. 

228 Lantern hung on the Liberty Tree at the illumination in 

honor of the repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766 ; over door. 

Heirs of J. H. Hiifineman. 

229 Fireman's Hat, " Reliance," 17S6 ; over door. 

230 John Hancock's Dining-Tab'e ; sold at auction of the 

Hancock tlouse. B. Joy Jeffries^ M. D. 

231 Table of the Executive Council before the Revolution, sitting 

in the Old Stale House; removed to the State House, and 
used by the Council from the beginning of this century, as 
appears by a certificate of Gov. B. F. Butler, Dec. 8, 1883. 

Loan : City of Boston. 



THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. 35 

232 Chair of wood of the ship " Resolute," sent by the British 
Government in 1852 in search of Sir John Franklin ; 
abandoned in the ice and brought to New London, Conn., 
by an American whaler; refitted and presented to H. M. 
Queen Victoria who received it at Osborne with imposing 
ceremony ; made from a wooden timber, when broken up, 
and presented to Mayor Courtenay of Charleston, S. C, and 
by him to the City of Boston, on the 250th anniversary 
celebration in 1880. Loan : City of Boston. 



CUSTODIANS' ROOM. 

233 A Bullet (framed) shot into a room in the headquarters of 

Gen. Lincoln, at the Siege of Charlestown, June 17, 1775 ; 
" when he and I were sitting in the room" ; signed, John 
Barker, in pencil, 1804. Loan : Samuel T. Crosby. 

234 View of the first monument on Bunker Hill, erected Nov., 

1794, by King Solomon Lodge, Charlestown ; printed on 
satin, framed. George W. Forristall. 

235 Rev. Charles Cleveland, City Missionary, in his 91st year; 

engraving by Wright Smith, from a photograph by Black, 
with fac-siraile autograph. 

John P. Reed. 

236 Moses Grant, 1785-1861, Merchant and Philanthropist; 

photograph of an original portrait. Stephen G. Dtblois. 

237 View of the Back Bay and Charles Street, and the Common, 

from a sketch taken in 1823 from the balcony of 61 Beacon 
Street, " by M. J. D." (Mary Jane Derby, afterward Mrs. 
Ephraim Peabody) ; heliotype reproduction. 

Nathan Appleton. 

238 Christ Church, Salem Street, bearing upon its tower the 

memorial tablet erected by the City of Boston, Oct. 17, 
1878, with an inscription written by W. W. Wheildon, at the 
request of the City authorities ; " The Signal lanterns of 
Paul Revere, displayed in the steeple of this Church, April 
18, 1775, warned the country of the march of the British 
troops to Lexington and Concord ;" heliotype. 

William W. Wheildon. 

239 Rev. William Mattocks Rogers {i). No. 46) ; lithograph 

by Sharp, after a miniature by S. L. Gerry, with facsimile 
autograph. John F. Reed. 

240 Rev. John Codman, D. D. 1782-1847; Minister of the Second 

Church, Dorchester, from 1808 ; photograph after Copley 
at the age of 26. Loan : William C. Codman. 



36 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

241 Henry Pelham, half brother of J. S. Copley ; photograph 

after Copley's portrait known as "the Boy with a Squirrel," 
the exhibition of which in London led to Copley's removal 
to that city. Henry P. Curtis. 

242 " A View of Part of the Town of Boston in New England, and 

British Ships of War landing their Troops, 1768 ; " hand- 
colored copper-plate print engraved by Paul Revere. 

Loan : Samtiel A. Green, M. D. 

243 A Sign (over door), representing carpenter's tools, carved by 

John Fowle, about 1820, for John Bradford, hardware 
dealer, 13 Dock Square; presented by his successors 

Andretv E. Johonnot and George S. Saunders. 

244 Rev, John Moorhead, " Pastor of the Church of Presbyterian 

Strangers in Boston," formed by an Irish Colony in 1727 ; 
engraving by Pelham after his portrait, 175 1 ; with a 
Latin motto. 

245 Rev. William Welsteed, Pastor of the Second Church, 

1728-53 ; mezzotint, after the only known engraving by J. 
S. Copley, executed in 1753, at the age of 16, 

William H. Whitmore. 

245a Rev. Samuel Willard, 1640-1707 ; Pastor of the Old South, 
1678-1707; engraving by Van der Gucht ; with a Latin 
motto. 

246 Boston and Bunker Hill, from Chelsea ; engraved for the 

N. E. Gazetteer. 

246a Charles Pelham, half-brother of Copley, engraved from his 
portrait, the earliest one known by the artist, he being at 
that time not far from fourteen years of age ; the original in 
possession of Charles Pelham Curtis. Henry P. Curtis. 

247 John Singleton Copley, Lord Lyndhurst; Son of the 

Painter, born in Boston, 1772 ; taken to England, 1775 ; 
Lord High Chancellor, 1827-30, 1834, 1841-6 ; died 1863 ; 
engraving from a portrait in robes of office. 

Jeremiah Co lb urn. 

248 House of John Adams, with a view of Dorchester Heights 

and the Town of Boston, and in the middle distance Arrow 
Head Hill, and the planting-ground of the Sachem, marked 
by the house of Josiah Quincy, erected upon it in 1770; a 
sketch in India ink from President's Hill by Eliza Susan 
Quincy, in 1823. Miss Eliza S. Quincy. 

249 Paul Revere's House, 19 North Square, built in 1676 ; 

water-color by Tolman. 

250 Battle of Bunker Hill (with key) ; engraving by Miiller. after 

Trumbull, with portraits. Miss Eliza S. Quincy. 



CUSTODIANS' ROOM. 37 

251 The Boston Massacre, engraved by Paul Revere ; given in 

1825 to Josiah Quincy by his aunt, Mrs. Storer, sister of 
Josiah Quincy, Jr., (No. 152.) Miss Eliza S. Quincy. 

252 The Boston Type Foundry in 1823, near Christ Church, 

Salem Street ; wood-cut. John M. Eaton. 

253 " Bold Americans ; " a Revolutionary ballad, addressed to 

" Bold Young Bostonians " and drinking a health to George 
Washington ; broadside, framed. Hamilton A. Hill. 

254 Quincy Market ; lithograph by Moore. 

255 Rev. John Wilson, 1588-1667 ; born in England, came to 

New England with Winthrop : first Pastor of the First 
Church in Boston, 1632 ; photo-lithograph after an oil paint- 
ing owned by the Massachusetts Historical Society, with 
fac-simile autograph Ari/iur B. Ellis. 

256 Faneuil Hall in 1824; engraving by Abel Bowen. 

257 Rev. John Cotton, i 585-1652 ; Vicar of St. Botolph, Boston, 

England; came to America, 1633; minister of the First 
Church, 1 633-1 65 2 ; wood-cut, with fac-simile autograph. 

Arthur B. Ellis. 

258 Robert Charles Winthrop, born 1809; Member of 

Congress, 1840-42 and 1843-50 ; Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, 1847-8; U. S. Senator, 1850-1 ; photo- 
graph from an oil painting in the Capitol at Washington. 

William S. Apple to7i. 

259 Residence of Jeffrey Richardson, corner of High and 

Pearl Streets, 1794; lithograph by BufTord. 

Frederick IV. G. May. 

260 Representation of Indians scalping American soldiers, 

Inscribed; "A scene on the frontiers as practiced by the 
humane British and their worthy allies." At the right an 
English officer in full uniform. The Indian hands him a 
scalp with his left hand ; in his right is a scalping knife 
marked G. R., and hanging from his musket a placard 
marked, " Reward for 16 scalps." The officer says, 
" Bring me the scalps, and the King our master will reward 
you." Colored copper-plate engraving. E. A'. Gtinnison. 

261 Rev. Cotton Mather, {v. No. 9) ; a modern impression of 

the first mezzotint engraving executed in America, by P. 
Pelham, who painted the portrait from life ; with a Latin 
inscription. Denison R. Slade. 

262 Mos-Wachusett, or Arrow Head Hill, in Quincy; photo- 

graph of an India ink sketch, by Miss Eliza S. Quincy in 
1823. Miss Eliza S. Quincy. 

263 Certificate of service in the War of the Rebellion ; steel 

engraving, issued to Corporal William Roland, Co. D, Fiist 
Reg. Mass. Vols.; signed by William Claflin. Governor, 
April 19, 1870; framed. Loan: Williajn C. Lawrence. 



38 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

264 The Gardner Mansion, on Summer Street, on the site of 

the store of C. F. Hovey & Co. ; framed photograph. 

Moses H. Barnard. 

265 The Revere House, Bowdoin Square ; architect's draw- 

ing in India ink. Curtis Guild. 

266 Boston Common ; steel-plate print by Osborn. 

Mrs. George W. Maunder. 

267 Edward Bromfield, born, 1723, in the first house erected in 

Beacon Street, died, 1745. He constructed the first organ 
and the first microscope made in America ; photograph 
representing him pointing to his microscope, after oil por- 
trait attributed to Smibert. Miss Eliza S. Quincy. 

268 The United States Branch Bank, State Street, 1791-1812; 

then the State Bank, 1812-1836; pen and ink sketch. 

John T. Prince. 

269 Nathaniel Hurd, 1730-1777 ; an early engraver of Boston, 

probably the first engraver on copper in America ; lithograph 
by Pendleton for the New England Magazine. 

270 East View of Hollis Street Church ; steel engraving from the 

Mass. Magazine, 1793, framed. 

271 The New England Guards, colored lithograph of an officer, 

by Duval, after Hubbard, dedicated to George T. Bigelow, 
Captain Miss Helen C. Bradlee. 

2^2 Bunker Hill, 1630 ; lithograph by Pendleton, after Davis ; 
and Bunker Hill Monument, engraving by Fowle, after 
Mallory. In a single frame. 

273-274 A Series of twenty-five small copper-plate prints, ar- 
ranged within two frames, which are specified as follow : 
Tremont House and Theatre ; Mt. Pleasant Classical Insti- 
tution ; Charter Oak, Hartford ; Nahant Hotel ; Bunker 
Hill Monument ; Marine Hospital, Chelsea ; Faneuil Hall 
Market ; State House ; City Hall, Boston ; Academy of 
Sciences, Philadelphia; Tremont House, Boston; Park 
Theatre, New York; Battle Monument, Baltimore ; Upper 
Bridge, Philadelphia; Old State House, Boston ; Bowling 
Green, New York ; Arcade, Providence ; Water Works, 
Philadelphia; State House, Boston ; St. Thomas's Church, 
New York ; Capitol, Washington ; Merchants' Exchange, 
Philadelphia ; Quincy Market, Boston ; City Hall, New 
York ; President's House, Washington. Dudley H. Child. 

275 Hanover Street Church, erected, 1826, burned, 1830; Rev. 

Lyman Beecher, Pastor ; lithograph after a painting by 
Davis. Mrs. Luther Barnes. 

276 Hon. Nathan Appleton {v. No. 171); photograph after 

Healy's full-length portrait, in Mechanics' Hall, Lowell. 

Nathan Appleton. 



CUSTODIANS' ROOM. 39 

277 Samuel Gardner Drake, 1798-1875, Antiquarian and His- 

torian ; steel engraving by Schoff, at the age of 58. 
"Presented to the subscribers to the folio edition of his His- 
tory and Antiquities of Boston, by a few friends of the 
Author ;" with fac-simile autograph. William H, Whitmore. 

278 John Lothrop Motlev, Historian, 1814-1877 ; Minister to 

Austria, 1866-7; to England, 1869-70: India-proof steel- 
plate engraving by Stuart ; with fac-simile autograph. 

Nat/ian Applet on. 

2'jg Abbott Lawrence, i 792-1 S55 ; Merchant and Manufacturer, 

^[inister to England, 1849-52 ; India-proof engraving ; with 

fac-simile autograph. A'al/ian Appleton. 

280 Portion of a window from the Royall Plouse, Medford, with 

inscription cut by a diamond, " Isaac Royall, April 25, 
1749 " ; identified as his autograph. 

Miss Harriott T. Ward. 

281 A View of the Village of Quincy, and the Congregational 

Meeting-House. built in 1732, and taken down in 182S: 
and of the monument to Josiah Quincy, junior, erected 
by his son in 1804 ; sketch in India ink by Miss 
Quincy in 1823. Miss Eliza S. Quincy. 

282 " The Striped Pig," an incident of the Dedham Muster, 

Sept. 13, 1S38 ; framed broadside ballad. Daniel S. Lamsofi. 

283 The Maverick House, East Boston, opened in 1835 ; litho- 

graph by Pendleton. William W. Wheildon. 

284 The State House, with the Beacon Monument: water- 

color taken in 1805 for Benj. Gleason, the father of the 
donor; one of the earliest representations of the State 
House. Mrs. William W. Wheildon. 

285 Meeting-House of the First Baptist Society, Salem Street, 

1679, after a drawing by Isaac T. Smith, 1828. 

Willia7n A. Bowdlear. 

286 State Street in 180 | ; engraving after the painting by J. B. 

Marston. William H. Whitmore, 

287 The Death of General Wolfe, in the attack on Quebec in 

1759; engraving by Woollett of West's painting in pos- 
session of Lord Grosvenor; with portraits. 

288 Broadside : "A new method of Macarony making as practiced 

in Boston " ; framed caricature. Charles H. Stearns. 

289 The Green Dragon Tavern, Union Street, built in 1677, 

the pl;ice of meeting of Warren, Adams, and other patriots 
before the Revolution ; photograph of a pen and ink draw- 
ing. Thomas F. Temple. 

290 The Custom House, 1852 ; photograph. 

Loan : Thomas C. Dc Carteret. 



40 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

291 A View of Boston, the capital of New England ; engraving 

from a drawing on the spot by Gov. Pownall, 1757. 

292 Broadside : " The Bostonians paying the excise man, or tar- 

ring and feathering " ; framed caricature, 

Charles H. Stearns. 

293 Dr. PiuDSON, a notorious swindler and forger, standing in the 

pillory, with some well-known characters as spectators, 
1762; colored copper-plate engraving by Nathaniel Hurd 
(No. 269). Loan : H. A. Holdeii. 

294 The Old South Meeting-House, a bas-relief in plaster of 

paris ; framed. Nathan Appleton. 

295 Notice of meeting of the " Alert Eagle Fire Society," 1828 ; 

framed engraving. Theodore H. Bell. 

296 Bill of Ebenezer Clough, Paper-hanger, to Mr. Whitman, 

1800, Boston Paper Staining Manufactorj-, Charles River 
Bridge, with engraved head-piece by S. Hill ; framed. 

George H. Whitman. 

297 " .'V Prospect of the Colledges in Cambridge, New England ;" 

electrotype reproduction of an old engraving in possession 
of the Mass. Hist. Soc, 1726. 

298 Proposal for the sale of the Exchange Cofifee-House ; framed 

broadside advertisement, about 18 12. 

Charles E. Clark, M.D. 

299 "The Tea-tax Tempest," or, " The Anglo-American Revolu- 

tion;" allegorical copper-plate engraving, 1778, wiih title in 
English, German and French. 

300 The Third Edifice of the Hollis Street Church ; framed 

photograph. Franklin Brown. 

300czThe Only House on Noddle's Island (now East Boston), in 
1824, called Woodbine Cottage, the residence of the 
Williams family ; photograph of a pencil drawing by John 
Avery, Jr. ; framed. Benjafnin W. Gilbert. 

301 Bill of the last performance of the old Boston Theatre, Fed- 

eral St., May 7, 1852; framed, Henry Drew. 

302 Jeremiah Allen, 1750-1800; High Sherifif of Suffolk ; copy 

in oil of Stuart's portrait. 

303 Lemuel Shaw, 1781-1861 ; Chief Justice of the Supreme 

Court of Mass., 1830-60; photograph, James W. Black. 

304 Edward Everett, {z>. No. m); engraving by Sartain of a 

photograph, with fac-simile autograph. 

305 Wendell Philipps, {v. No. 102) ; engraving by Stuart. 

James S. Hillard. 

306 Mrs. Murray, nee Judith Sargent, 175X-1820 ; photograph of 

a portrait. IVilliam H. Whitmore. 

307 The Old School Boys' Association ; photographed at Nan- 

tasket, 1889. The Association. 



CUSTODIANS' ROOM, 41 

308 Rev. Thomas Prince, 1687-1758; Pastor of the Old South 

Church from 17 18; mezzotint engraving by Pelham after 
Greenwood, 1750 ; with Latin inscription. 

309 William Wirt, 1772-1834; Attorney-General of the U. S., 

1817-30 ; lithograph by BufTord after Inman's portrait "For 
Citizens of Boston " ; with fac-simile autograph. 

Mrs. Richard Perkins. 

310 Professors Agassiz and Benjamin Pierce of Harvard Col- 

lege ; framed photograph. Loan : Frederick O. Prince. 

311 Rev. Benjamin Colman, D. D., 1 673-1747 ; first Pastor of the 

Brattle Square Church, 1699-1747; heliotype of Smibert's 
portrait. J. Henry Stickney. 

312 The Boston, Plymouth and Sandwich mail coach, 1810; 

framed advertisement with picture of coach and landscape. 

Mrs. M. Rand. 

313 Engagement between the " Constitution " and " Guerri^re," 

Aug. 19, 1812 ; colored lithograph by Currier, New York. 

314 Camp of the Second Company Mass. Light Artillery, Nims's 

Battery, at Stewarts Place, Baltimore, 186 1 ; colored litho- 
graph by Sachse, Baltimore. 

315 Molvneaux, Lord Shuldham, Admiral of the White, visited 

Boston in command of a Squadron, 1776; mezzotint en- 
graving with autograph. 

THE HANCOCK ROOM, 

316 John Hancock, 1737-92 ; President of the Provincial and 

Continental Congresses; first Major-General of the Massa- 
chusetts Militia; Governor, 1780-5 and 1787-92; mezzotint 
engraving by J. M. Will, after Littleford ; three-fourths' 
length, standing at a table holding a letter addressed, 
" Monsieur Israel Putnam, Major-General, Long Island." 

317 The Same; photograph after Copley's portrait, the second 

one painted; an oval picture, representing him dressed in 
a blue coat laced with gold ; in possession of the Hancock 
family. Arthur W. Willard. 

318 The Same; a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled: 

" The Hon'ble John Hancock, Esqr., late President of the 
Continental Congress." Loan : Sanmel A. Green, M. D. 

319 Dorothy Quincy, 1747-1829; cousin of Josiah Quincy, 

"the Patriot," (No. 152); married John Hancock, at Fair- 
field, Conn., 1775, afterwards Capt. James Scott, 1789; 
photograph of Copley's portrait, three-fourths' length, 
seated, her hand raised to her face ; in possession of 
Miss Gushing, Little Harbor, N. H. 

Loan : Mrs. Mary S. Israel. 



42 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

320 The Same, in old age, in cap and ruff ; lithograph of Miss 

Goodrich's portrait. William W. Greenough. 

321 The Hancock House, 1737-1863, built by Thomas Hancock; 

oil painting. Loan : Mrs. Francis C. Bacon. 

322 The Same ; photograph, the frame made from a moulding 

taken from the house. 

323 The Same ; three photographs of the interior, the frame 

made from wood of the house. 

1. Parlor: on the piano are the Bibles of Gov. Hancock's 
father and great-grandfather (ministers at Braintree and 
Lexington), to be seen in the Hancock Case ; the Gov- 
ernor's cane in the corner. 

2. Hall, and upper landing : on the left, the Governor's 
room, where he died. On the right, the room occupied by 
Washington, Lafayette and others. 

3. Reception room : portrait of Gov. Hancock by Copley, 
and of Thomas Hancock by the same artist. 

George W. Chipman. 

324 The Same ; embroidery in crewels, framed, with dependent 

card signed " Harrison Gray Otis," saying : " A view of the 
Hancock House and Appendages and of the Common and 
vicinity, as they were in 1755-60. This embroidery (in 
crewels) was the boarding-school lesson of Miss Hannah 
Otis, daughter of the Hon. James Otis of Barnstable [No. 
217], and sister of the patriot, James Otis, Jr. [No. 178,] edu- 
cated in Boston. It was considered a chef-d'oeuvre and 
made a great noise at the time. The science of perspective 
was not worthy of Claude Lorraine, but perhaps not behind 
that of some who then, and since, have had the care of 
the Common. The figure on horseback represents Gov. 
Hancock ; the person running, his servant ; the lady looking 
over the wall into Charles River is Dorothy Quincy, after- 
ward Mrs. Gov. Hancock." Loan : Harrison Gray Otis. 

325 Elbridge Gerry, 1774-18 14; Member of the Continental 

Congress, and of the Constitutional Convention; of Congress, 
1789-93 ; Governor, 1810-11 ; Vice-President of the U. S., 
1813-14; mezzotint engraving by J. R. Smith, 181 1 ; half 
length, seated, with folded arms. W. H. Ireland. 

326 Rev. Samuel Stillman, D. D., 1737-1807; delegate to the 

Constitutional Convention, 1788; Pastor of the First 
Baptist Church, 1765-1807 ; oil portrait, kit-kat size, by 
Johnson. Rev. jfohn Banvard, D. D. 

327 Sampler, worked in 1767 by Mrs. Mary K. Frothingham, 

grandmother of the Hon. Richard Frothingham of Charles- 
town ; framed. Mrs, Mary T. Goddard. 



THE HANCOCK ROOM. 43 

328 Presentation of the Declaration of Independence to the 

Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 ; engraving by Durand 
after Trumbull, with key. 

329 The Declaration of Independence ; engraved copy by 

Story and Atwood, with portraits, and arms of the original 
States, dedicated to the people of the United States, by 
William Woodruff. 

330 The Old Corner Bookstore, 17 12; water-color by C. E. 

Hollis, 1885. Loan : E. C. Hammer. 

331 The Old Elm, before the first storm which injured it, June 

29, i860; framed photograph. Vincent Y. Bowdiich, M.D. 

332 The Same, painted on a veneered piece of the tree, 

Josiah Quincy, Jr. 

333 State Street in 1825 ; oil painting by Salmon. 

334 The Old May House, formerly on Washington Street, oppo- 

site Head Place, now Lucas Street ; framed photograph. 

Moses W. Weld, M. D. 

335 The Frigate " Constitution," built in Hartt's Yard, Consti- 

tution Wharf, launched Oct. 21, 1797 ; framed photograph, 
with a piece of the frame of the captain's bed. 

Waldo Thompson. 

336 The Same ; oil painting by Pollard, 1846. 

Benjamin F. Ste^tens. 

337 Isaac Hull, {v. No. 161) ; copper-plate engraviiig of Stuart's 

portrait; underneath, a representation of the engagement be- 
tween the " Constitution " and " Guerriere," drawn by the 
order of Hull himself ; dedicated to the people of the United 
States by T. W. Freeman, published in Philadelphia in 1813. 

Be7ija7nin F. Stevens. 

338 The Old State House in flames, 1832 ; copy in oil of 

Salmon's painting, restored and reframed by J. Henry 
Stickney of Baltimore. Daniel J. Courtney. 

339 The Shop of Adams and Hammond, corner of Cross and 

Fulton Streets, 1830 ; oil painting. 

Loan : W. H. Adams. 

340 The Conflagration at Charlestown, Aug. 25, 1835 ! water- 

color made during the progress of the fire from the top of a 
pile of lumber on the wharf in the foreground of the picture 
(the Fitchburg R. R. Station now covers the place); painted 
by R. P. Mallory. 

341 The Punch Bowl of '73 ; an oil painting by S. A. Davis, 

representing the china punch bowl in which punch was 
made at the house of Samuel Edes on the afternoon pre- 
ceding the destruction of the tea, Dec. 16, 1773, for the citi- 
zens who engaged in that act. Loan : Robert S. Stearns. 



44 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

342 The First Corps of Cadeis, M. V. M., in the procession at 

the Centennial Celebration of the adoption of the Constitu- 
tion at Philadelphia, Sept. 16, 1887 ; instantaneous photo- 
graph, framed. Lt.-Col. Thomas F. Edmands. 

343 The House of Thomas Melville of the " Boston Tea 

Party " {y. No. 143 ), in Green Street, 1832 ; with a fire engine 

playing upon Dr. Jenks's Church ; oil painting by Salmon. 

Loan : Jofm D' Wolf dN Nancy M. Downer. 

344 Henry Laurens, 1724-92 ; president of the Continental 

Congress, 1777-8; minister to Holland, 1779; signed the 
preliminaries of peace at Paris, 1782 ; mezzotint engraving 
by Green, of London, with seated Indian holding arms and 
motto, after portrait by Copley, '* R. A. Elect," 1782 ; pub- 
lished by Stockdale, London. Loan : Abram E. Cutter. 

345 Rev. Hosea Ballou, 1771-1852 ; Pastor of the Second Uni- 

versalist Society, 1817 ; steel engraving by Walter of Phila- 
delphia, after Onthank, and published by J, M. Usher, Corn- 
hill, Boston. yoshua H. Pitman. 

346 Letter of George Washington, Mt. Vernon, Feb. 22, 1788, 

to the Marquis de Chartier de Lalbinibre ; framed. 

Frank B. Ingalls. 

347 George Washington ; mezzotint engraving by Savage, 1793, 

from his portrait painted for Harvard College. 

Theodore H. Bell. 

348 The Same ; steel engraving by A. Rosenthal. 

Moses W. Weld, M. D. 

349-350-351 The Same ; engravings of portraits ; the last an 

oval profile from a cameo. Moses W. Weld, M. D. 

352 The Triumph of Liberty ; an allegorical engraving by Ver- 

ger of Renault's drawing. New York, 1795. Beza Lincoln. 

353 Inauguration of the Cochituate Water Works on Boston Com- 

mon, Oct. 25, 1848 ; lithograph, u-ith portraits of Daniel 
Webster and others ; with heavy carved frame of fruit, 
flowers, etc. Heirs of Thomas B. Curtis. 

354 The Franklin Statue ; engraving after a drawing by 

Hammatt Billings. Loan : City of Boston. 

355 Benjamin Franklin, inscribed : " LL. D., F. R. S.," seated 

at a table, reading; engraved and published by Savage 
London, 1793, after Martin. Theodore B. Bell 

356 The Same ; steel engraving by Babson and Andrews, after 

Duplessis. William H. Whitmore. 

357 The Birthplace of Franklin, in Milk St., opposite the Old 

South Meeting-house ; lithograph by Powers and Wellers. 

Mrs. Mary F. Bartlett. 

358 The Arms of George Washington, so-called, in colors ; framed. 

William C. Burrage. 



THE HANCOCK ROOM 45 

359 Ralph Inman, of Cambridge, 171 1-88; a Loyalist in the 

Revolution, arrested by the Council in '76 ; etching. 

C. R. Hildebourn. 

360 Residence of Ralph Inman, in Cambridge ; heliotype repro- 

duction of a sketch. David G. Haskins, Jr. 

361 The Whig Ticket in the presidential election of 1840, Harrison 

and Tyler; framed. John T. Prince. 

362 Faneuil Hall Market, east view, 1824 ; engraving. 

Henry P. Curtis. 

363 "Acorn's" Old Salt House, 49 Long Wharf ; water-color; 

"Edwin Forrest formerly spent here many a happy hour with 
his friend James Cakes, known to the press under the pseu- 
donym of ' Acorn' ; and Hawthorne is said to have written 
here a portion of the ' Scarlet Letter.' " William H. Spiller. 

364 Boylston Market, 1809-87 ; woodcut. Samuel Johnson. 

365 Mr. and Mrs. Sloman's Benefit, Boston Theatre, Jan. 30, 

182S ; play-bill painted on silk ; framed. A. C. Slater. 

366 Gridley Bryant, 1789-1867 ; engineer, and builder of the 

first railroad in the United States 1826, and inventor of the 
four and eight wheel railway truck ; small oil portrait, given 
by his son Gridley J. F. Bryant. 

367 The First Meeting-House in Boston, 1632, Rev. John Wilson 

(No. 255), Pastor; electrotype reproduction of an imag- 
inary sketch. Ward Brooks Frothingham. 

368 Christ Church and Charter St., 1884; oil painting, i8S>>, by 

G. N. Faught. 

369 The Boston Outer Light, 1889 ; oil painting by Miss M. S. 

Goodale. 

370 Benjamin Franklin Butler, 1818-1893; Major-General of 

Volunteers, 1861 ; Member of Congress, 1866-71 ; Governor, 
1883; oil portrait, 1850. William H. Whitmore. 

371 Verses on the Visit of the West Point Cadets to Boston, Aug., 

182 1 ; framed broadside. Loan : D. W. Gibbs. 

372 Miss Tree's last night but three ; Tremont Theatre, Nov. 

28, 1837 ; framed play-bill, heading enclosed in trees. 

372aA Settee made of wood of the "Old Elm" 

Loan : City oj Boston. 

373 The Arrival at Boston of the first Cunard Steamship, the 

"Unicorn," June 3, 1840; the Revenue cutter "Hamilton," 
decorated for the occasion, in the foreground ; painted by 
Lane of Gloucester, for the Commander, Capt. Josiah 
Sturgis, and given by him to the Collector, Ex Gov. 
Lincoln, and to this Society by the latter's daughter 

Mrs. P. S. CanJUld. 



46 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

373aENGAGEMENT of the "Constitution" and the British frigate, 
"Java," off the Coast of Brazil, Nov. 29, 1812 ; dedicated 
"to Commodore Bainbridge, the officers, seamen and 
marines and the sons of freedom, by an admirer of American 
valour and patriotism " ; copperplate engraving, hand- 
colored, "drawn under the direction of a witness of the 
action by W. G. " ; and undoubtedly nearly contempora- 
neous with it ; framed. Benjamin F. Stevens. 



THE COMMISSION ROOM. 

374-405 Framed Commissions signed by Governors of Mas- 
sachusetts Bay or of Massachusetts : — 

Joseph Dudley, 1708. Levi Lincoln, 1829. 

Samuel Shute, 172 i. Edward Everett, 1839. 

Jonathan Belcher, 1738. John Davis, 1842. 

William Shirley, 175 i. Marcus Morton, 1843. 

Thomas Pownall, 1759. George N. Briggs, 1849. 

Francis Bernard, 1762. George S. Boutwell, 1851. 

James Bowdoin, 1786. Henry J. Gardner, 1855. 

John Hancock, 1788. Nathaniel P. Banks, 1856. 

Samuel Adams, 1796. John A. Andrew, 1865. 

Increase Sumner, 1798. Alexander H. Bullock, 1868. 

Moses Gill, Lt.-Gov., 1799. William B. Washburn, 1872, 

James Sullivan, 1808. William Gaston, 1875. 

Christopher Gore, 1810. Alexander H. Rice, 1876. 

Elbridge Gerry, 1811. Thomas Talbot, Lt.-Gov., 1874. 

John Brooks, 182 i. John D. Long, 1881. 

William Eustis, 1824. Oliver Ames. 1888. 

406 Sir Henry Vane (the younger), 1612-66; emigrated, 1635; 

governor of Mass., 1636; returned to England, 1637 ; mem- 
ber of Parliament and of the Council of State ; executed after 
the Restoration ; order to Thomas Fauconbridge, Receiver- 
general of the Revenue, signed by Sir Henry Vane and 
other members of the Commission of the Revenue, May 15, 
1644; framed, like all other commissions and other docu- 
ments in this room. 

407 Commission of William Hewetson, to be Captain-Lieuten- 

ant in the 28th Regiment ; signed by George HL, and 
countersigned by Lord George Germain, Dec. 22, 1778. 

408 Commission of Jeremiah Hill in James Scammon's Regi- 

ment; signed by General Joseph Warren, May 19, 1775. 

Loan : George W. Allen, 



THE COMMISSION ROOM. 47 

409 Commission of Hezekiah Brod, to be Captain in the 5th 

Middlesex Regiment ; signed by James Otis, and a major- 
ity of the Council of Massachusetts Bay, March 28, 1776; 
the following words being erased : " In the sixteenth year 
of the reign of his Majesty, King George the Third, Anno 
Domini 1776." 

410 Commission by the same of Ichabod Thayer, to be Captain 

of the 5th Company, 3d Worcester Regiment, Dec. 31, 
1779. 

411 Commission of John Crane to be Brevet- Brigadier-General, 

U, S. A.; signed by Elias Boudinot, President of Congress, 
and Benjamin Lincoln, Oct. 10, 1783. George W. Allen. 

412 Autograph of William Stoughton, Chief Justice and Act- 

ing Governor of Mass., April 5, 1675. 

Heirs of D. T. V. Huntoon. 

413 Commission of Colonel Benjamin Pollard, to be notary 

public, issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury, April 6, 
1738; heliotype. William C. Burrage. 

414 Broadside : Order of procession on the visit of Washington 

to Boston, Nov. 2, 1789. Edward R. Mayo. 

415 Deed of Mary Lake to the selectmen of the town of Bos- 

ton, Nov. 30, 1677, of the room or cellar under the stair- 
case, at the north-east end of the Town House. 

Loan : George B. Ager. 

416 Parchment conveyance to Stephen French by Elizabeth 

Rawlings, relict and administatrix of the estate of (Jaleb 
Rawlings of Boston, dated the last Tuesday of April, 1694. 

William H. Whit more, 

417 Engrossed parchment copy of the will of George Worthi- 

lake of " Pemberton's Island, within the township of 
Boston," April 4, 1693. George Worthilake, first keeper 
of Boston Light, was drowned in Boston Harbor in 17 18, 
while sailing to town. Plis body was recovered, and buried 
upon Copp's Hill. Thomas Sherman. 

418 Broadside : Thanksgiving proclamation of Governor Samuel 

Adams, Oct. 6, 1795; printed copy. 

419 Broadside: "The Runaway," or "a Keen Joke," a song 

referrin;j; to the second visit of Edmund Kean to Bos- 
ton in 1S25. 

420 Autograph of General Thomas Gage ; certificate to Lieut- 

enant John Phillips, '• a reduced officer ; " New York, Sept, 
4, 1764. 

421 Broadside: Monody to the memory of George III., by the 

late Dr. Walcot. 



48 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

422 Programme of exercises at the meeting in commemoration 

of General Washington in Boston, at the Old South Meet- 
ing House, Jan. 6, 1800. Loan : Francis B. Gilman. 

423 Certificate of membership of William Perkins as a member 

of the Massachusetts Humane Society, June 12, 1810. 

424 Autograph of Governor John Winthrop, " a deposition 

taken upon oathe the Sth of the 6 : mo : 1639, Before 
Jo : Winthrop, Gov." Hon. Robert C. Winthrop. 

425 Broadside : Bloody butchery of the British troops at Con- 

cord fight, April 19, 1775. J. B. Hatch, Executor. 

426 Broadside : " Bloody Indian Massacre " or the battle of 

Miami Village, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1791, where (ien. St. Clair 
with 2,000 men was surprised by 5,000 Indians, and most 
of his force destroyed. George B. Reed. 

427 Broadside: " Inhuman Cruelty" or "Villainy Detected," a 

wood-cut with verses. 

428 The Old State House in flames, an electrotype reproduc- 

tion of Salmon's oil painting, representing the Old State 
House in flames in the fire of 1832 ; {v. no. 338}. 

Will /am H. Whit more. 

429 Policy of Insurance of the Massachusetts Fire and Marine 

Insurance Company, dated Boston, Nov. 2, 1802 ; copper- 
plate engraving by J. Hill, after a drawing by N. Hancock, 
showing the Old State House and State Street at an early 
Period. Henry C. Short. 

430 The Old State House; six heliotype reductions of views 

taken atdifferent times, — from Bowen's picture, 1830 ; map, 
1835 ; Snow's Geography, 1830 ; Hales's Survey, 1814; the 
State Street end, 1880; Washington Street end, 1880. 

William H Whitmore, 

431-443. The Old State House; engravings, lithographs and 
photographic views, showing this building from 1791 to the 
present time. William H Whitmore and others. 

444 Certificate of payment of $300 by the Hon. Nathan Apple- 

ton to the N. E. Institute for the Education of the Blind, 
'833. 

445 Certificate of donation of gifts by Mrs. L. Russell, to the 

soldiers, i85i ; signed "Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis," for 
the committee on military donations. 

446 Sailing permit on parchment, with engraved head piece of 

Boston Light, etc. ; signed in blank by President Andrew 
Jackson ; countersigned, John Forsyth, Secretary of State ; 
no date. Frank B. Ingalls. 



THE COMMISSION ROOM. 49 

447 Sailing permit of ship " O'Cain," Jan. 11, 1803, issued by 

Thomas Jefferson, President, and countersigned by James 
Madison, Secretary of State, showing in the foreground a 
copper-plate engraved view of Boston Light. 

448 Resolutions passed on board the steamship " Britannia," on 

her passage from Liverpool to Boston ; signed by Charles 
Dickens as secretary of a meeting called Jan. 21, 1842, to 
subscribe to a testimonial in the form of a piece of plate 
to be given to the captain, John Hewitt. 

William IV. Wheildon. 

449 Broadside : " The Figure Head of the Constitution dis- 

figured," with verses and wood-cut showing Samuel W. 
Dewey cutting off the head of the figure representing 
Andrew Jackson, during a thunderstorm, on the night of 
July 2, 1834, James B. Maynard. 

450 Simon Bradstreet (Governor, 1679-86) ; autograph, depo- 

sition of Joseph Parker, 1682, 

451 Broadside: Speeches of Lords Camden and Abingdon in 

the House of Lords, March 16, 1775, on American affairs. 

Henshaiv B. IValley. 

452 Broadside announcing the surrender of Cornwallis at York- 

town. Published at Boston, Oct. 26, 1781. 

II. B. Tewksbury. 

453 Broadside : printed copy of the vote of Boston in town 

meeting, April 21, 1706, to illuminate the town in celebra- 
tion of the repeal of the stamp act. H. B. Tewksbury. 

454 Broadside: published at New London, Conn., Dec. 5, 1812, 

announcing the capture of the British frigate " Macedo- 
nian," Oct. 25, 1812, by the United States frigate "United 
States, " Commodore Decatur. F. B. Winter. 

455 Certificate of membership of Thomas B. Hopkins in the 

Boston Sea Fenclbles, March 18, 18 19. Engraved on cop- 
per by Annin and French, showing in the background 
Boston Light. 

456 Certificate of membership of Samuel Mylod in the Massa- 

chusetts ^[echanic Association, Sept. 18, 1800. 

H. Hods on. 

457 Broadside : notice to assessors by Harrison Gray, Treasurer 

and Receiver General of Masssachusetts Bay, Dec. 31, 
1772 ; with his autograph. H. B. Teivksbury. 

.458 Broadside : an official copy of the Declaration of Indepen- 
dence, printed in Bosto.o by John Gill, and Powers and 
Willis in Queen Street. Loan : Stillmaii P. Marsh. 



50 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

459 Nathaniel Newdigate's " Fine," or grant of land at Rumney 

Marsh, June 15 ; recorded Dec. 21, 1687, "for his Majesty, 
James II's territory and dominion of New England ;" given 
by Governor Andros to replace the deed declared void 
after the overthrow of the first charter of the Massachusetts 
Bay Colony; an original deed, beginning, "Jacobus Secun- 
dus," written in black letter on a sheet containing the portrait 
of the King printed in scroll work, and a border of animals, 
with the written words, " sold at Clifford's Inn Lane " ; 
at the bottom, the signature of the King and an impression 
of the Great Seal in wax ; probably the only such original 
conveyance in existence. William W. Greenough, 

460 Broadside: printed notice to freeholders of town meeting in 

Boston, March 4, 1822, to act upon the adoption of a city 
charter. Moses Grant Daniell. 

461 Deposition of Richard Hunnewoll, as to the ownership of 

land in Scarborough, before Josh. Scottow, J. P.; framed 
autograph, April 30, 1686. 

462 Petition of Adam Winthrop and others. May 8, 1734, to 

enlarge the lane at the lower end of the Common, from 
Mr. Sheaf's to Frog Lane ; framed autograph. 

463 Notification in print to the freeholders of Boston to meet at 

the town hall, April 27, 1781, to supply the town's deficiency 
in the Continental army. 

464 The Gerrymander : framed copy of the "U. S. Gazette," 

April 24, 1813, containing a satirical article on Governor 
Gerry, entitled " The funeral of the Gerrymander." 

Miss Abby P. Quincy. 

465 Commission of the privateer brig " Abaellino," signed by 

James Madison, and countersigned by James Monroe, 
Secretary of State, Dec. 10, 1814 ; endorsed, "surrendered 
at the conclusion of peace, August, 18 15." 

Samuel Andrews. 

466 Certificate of membership of the Hon. Nathan Appleton in 

the American Colonization Society, 1848 ; signed " H. 
Clay." Nathan Appleton, 

467 Broadside : printed Proclamation of Fast Day, by Governor 

Hancock, April 3, 1783. 

468 Broadside : order of arrangements for the reception of Gen- 

eral Lafayette, in City Council, Aug. 20, 1824. 

Henry P. Curtis, 

469 Broadside : Thanksgiving Proclamation of Governor Pow- 

nall, Nov. 10, 1759; printed copy. 

470 Certificate of membership of Charles Brown in the Bun- 

ker Hill Monument Association ; signed by Daniel Web- 
ster and others. Edward I, Browne. 



THE COMMISSION ROOM. 51 

471 Certificate of membership of the Hon. Nathan Appleton in 

the Naval Library and Institute, April 3, 1843. 

William S. Appleton, 

472 Assessor's List of personal property, filled out and signed 

by John Ballard and John Kneeland, Jr., Sept. i, 1784; 
framed together. Jeremiah Colburn, 

473 Order of Procession at the funeral of Governor Hancock, 

Oct. 14, 1793. 

474 Passport issued to John Bromfield, Jr., and signed by 

Governor Caleb Strong, Oct. 16, 1805. Josiah P. Quincy. 

475 Broadside : hand-bill, calling upon the citizens of the South 

End to meet at Faneuil Hall to oppose building Federal 
Street Bridge to South Bosson, March 15, 1824. 

John J. May. 

476 Certificate of the contribution of five dollars by Albert 

Betterley, as a Franklin medal scholar, to the erection of 
the statue to Benjamin Franklin, 1854; engraving. 

Albert Betterley. 

477 Certificate of the election of Captain Luke Keef to the Bos- 

ton Marine Society, March 3, 1801. 

478 Bill of T. Giles to Pomeroy and Simpson (Ann Street), 

showing view of the old Feather Store. W. K. Watkins. 

479 Faneuil Hall lottery ticket, signed by John Hancock; 

issued to rebuild the hall after the fire of 1765. 

Charles L. Hancock. 

480 Broadside: bill of entertainment by Potter, a noted ventri- 

loquist, and his wife, colored prestidigitateurs, with verses, 
1815. Heirs of D. T. V. Huntoon. 

THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 

481 Rev. John Pierce, D. D., 1773-1849; pastor of the First 

Church of Brookline ; photograph. Miss Ably L. Pierce. 
483 The Friday Club, Chief Justice Shaw in the chair; photo- 
graph. Nathan Appleton. 

483 The Massachusetts Humane Society, incorporated in 

1791 ; photograph of the members about 1857, the Hon. 
David Sears in the chair. Samuel H. Russell. 

484 The Tremont Club, the nucleus of the Somerset Club, 

about 1840; photograph. Nathan Appleton. 

485 Samuel Miller Quincy, 1832-87 ; Colonel Second Regi- 

ment, Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862 ; Brevet-Brigadier- 
General, 1865 ; one of the charter members and first sec- 
retary of the Bostonian Society ; photograph of a crayon 
portrait by Grundmann. 



52 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

486 William Wilkins Warren, Merchant, 18 14-91 ; a director 

of the Bostonian Society ; photograph. 

Mrs. William W. Warren. 

487 The Act of Incorporation of the Bostonian Society, Dec. 

2, 1881, signed by Henry B. Peirce, Secretary of State; 
framed. 

488 " Old and New Boston ;" The Old State House and the 

Ames and Sears Buildings, framed photograph. 

JoJm Hastings. 

489 The Original Design for the seal of the Bostonian Society, 

in India ink, framed ; adopted Feb. 13, 1883 ; drawn by 

JoJm C.J. Brown. 

490 Harvard Ballads, No. 7 : " Billy Park's," framed, with auto- 

graph : "with the author's compliments to Mr. Park, 
Lloyd McKim Garrison, May, 1889." Nathan Appkton. 

491 Mirror given as a wedding present to the mother of the late 

Barney Cory, by her grandm.other, a direct descendant of 
George Soule of the " Mayflower." Loan : Charles B. Cory. 

492 Thomas Gold Appleton, {v. No. 173), framed photograph ; 

also a daguerreotype taken in Paris about 1848, 

Nathan Appleton. 

493 Certificate of the admission of Joseph C. Winter to the 

Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, Sept. 28, 1857 ; 
signed by Thomas E. Chickering, Commander, and by the 
Clerk ; framed steel engraving by Lowell and Brett after 
Champney. Miss Mary E. Winter. 

494 The Third Edifice of the First Church, which stood on 

the site of the present Rogers Building on Washington 
Street from 17 13 to 180S ; framed photograph. 

D. Waldo Salisbury. 

495 Five Hundred War Envelopes, with patriotic and comic 

designs, made in 1861-2. George A. Goddard. 

496 Bills of the Tremont Theatre, 1832-4, 1838-9, 1840-1 ; of 

the Boston Museum, 1841-56; of the Howard Athenaeum, 
1845-7, ^"<^ of concerts, etc., in rolls ; also the Box book 
of the Tremont Theatre, 1839-41. Lucius Poole. 

IN PORTFOLIOS. — BROADSIDES. 

A Proclamation issued by Louis Philippe, July 29, 1830, ad- 
dressed to the citizens of Paris, upon his arrival among 
them to lead the revolution of July. 

A Letter from the Church at Plymouth, dated June 26, 1671, 
recommending John and Mary Winslow, (Mary Chilton of 
the " Mayflower"), and their children, to the fellowship of 
the Third Church, now the Old South Church, of Boston. 



THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 53 

The Result of an ecclesiastical council, called to settle the ques- 
tions at issue between the First and Third Churches, dated 
May 28, 1674. 

An Autograph Copy of an order passed by the General Court of 
the Massachusetts Colony, dated May 28, 1679, in answer 
to a prayer of the reverend Clergy for a revisal of the plat- 
form of discipline agreed upon by the Churches in 1647, 
and appointing " the second Wednesday in September, 
1679," ^^ ^^^ '^^'"^ when due consideration of such revision 
should be made. Written and signed by Edward Rawson, 
Secretary of the Massachusetts Colony. 

A Letter recommending Samuel Adams to the charity and fel- 
lowship of the Third, or Old South, Church signed by Rev, 
Peter Thacher, pastor of the Church in Brattle Square, 
June 8, 1789. 

A Letter Missive from the First Church to the Old South 
Church, 1727; of Brattle Street Church, 1785; of the 
Second Church of Dorchester, 1808 ; all the preceding are 
heliotype reproductions. Hamilton A. Hill. 

Bostonians Paying Excise ; a caricature ; lithograph by Pen- 
dleton. 

Certificate of Thomas Gold Appleton, a member of the Bunker 
Hill Monument Association, 1862. Nathan Appleton. 

Diploma of Bachelor of Arts, given to Thomas G. Apple- 
ton, by Harvard College, 1831 ; parchment. 

Nathan Appleton. 

A Passport, signed " W. H. Seward," 1866, given to Thomas G. 

Appleton. Nathan Appleton. 

Annual Address of the carriers of the Boston Gazette, dedicated 

to Governor Gore, Jan. i, 1810. 
Anthem, sung at the re-opening of the Old South Meeting House 

in 1783. 
A Brief History of the "Ancient Wreck," no date. 
A Letter of Governor Stoughton ; photograph. 
Address of carriers of " Paul Pry " and the "Times," 1829; of 

the "Boston Press," 1832 ; of the "Lamplighters," 1828. 
Six Votes of the Town of Boston, Oct. 28, 1767. 
Address of William Brown, a boot and shoe polisher, Jan. i, 1825. 
Fast Day and Thanksgiving Proclamations of Governor Bernard, 

1764. 
Fast Day Proclamation by Jeremiah Powell and others, for the 

people, in 1777. 
Thanksgiving Proclamation by the Colonial Congress and 

Council in 1778. 
Order of Exercises at the funeral of Dr. Winslow Lewis in 1875. 



54 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

A Melancholy Account of the Western Army, Dec. 19, 1791, 

General St. Clair's expedition. 
Votes of the Town of Boston, Sept. 12, 1768, James Otis, mod- 
erator. 
Commissions (duplicate), signed by Governors Andrew, Briggs, 

Brooks, Boutwell, Everett, Lincoln. Strong 
Inscription on the plate in the corner stone of the City Hall ; 

one of a hundred copies printed. 
Regulations of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 

1801. 
Eulogy on George Washington, Feb. 22, iSoo; sold by E. Larkin, 

Cornhill. 
Commissions of Jeremiah Page, in the Continental army, in 1776 ; 

signed by a majority of the Council ; two photographs. 
Certificate of Cornelius Ellis in the Boston Sea Fencibles, 

Sept. 17, 1827. 
Proclamation of pardon in Shays's Rebellion, signed by Governor 

Bowdoin in 1787. 
Resolve of the Legislature, March 24, 1786, concerning collection 

of taxes. 
Deed of Mather Byles to Samuel Danforth, of land in Oxford, a 

part of Governor Stoughton's Niprauck land. 
Notice of assessment by Harrison Gray, Receiver and Treasurer, 

July 30, 1766, to the town of Stoughton. 
William Thompson's address to respectable citizens of Boston, 

as candidate for Town Clerk, March 6, 1790. 
Letters from citizens of Boston to cities and towns in Massachu- 
setts, ordered at a meeting at Faneuil Hall, July 26, 1774, 

on the passage of the Boston Port Bill. 

Votes of the Provincial Congress at Watertown, Nov. 18, 1775. 

Certificate to George W. Adams of one dollar, paid the Associa- 
tion of Franklin Medal Scholars for the Franklin Statue, 
Oct. 5, 1857, signed " E. Everett, president." 

Programme of the first Bunker Hill Regatta, June 17, 1859. 

Act to explain the act of 1 791, in reference to money at interest, 
June 6, 1792, "J. Hancock, Governor." 

Resolve for districting the Commonwealth for the choice of Fed- 
eral Representatives, June 30, 1792. 

"Wanted — a quantity of cloathing," Boston, Sept. 26, 1776; 
signed, " Samuel A. Otis." 

Certificate of Samuel Jaques as member of the Massachusetts 
Society for promoting Agriculture, Aaron Dexter, Presi- 
dent, 1817 ; with seal. 



THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 



55 



Order concerning infectious disease, Oct. 7, 1793, by a commit- 
tee of citizens. Eben Dorr. 

Address to the freeholders of Massachusetts by the Provincial 
Congress, Dec. 10, 1774, at Cambridge. 

Elder Perry's Position ; a wood-cut caricature. 

Thanksgiving Proclamation of Governor Hancock, Nov. 8, 
1783- 

"The Hon. Samuel Lathrop and his quondam friends ; " politi- 
cal broadside. 

List of Patriots who voted to support Jackson, the British Min- 
ister, against the United States about 1813. 

Speech of Hon. Benjamin Austin at Faneuil Hall, Jan 30, 1792. 
IN PORTFOLIOS.— PORTRAITS. 



Engravings, lithographs, 
persons : — 

Appleton, Nathan, 1865 
Andrew, John A., 2 
Adams, Mrs. Hannah 
Austin, Arthur W. 
Adams, John 
Allen, Stephen M. 
Agassiz, Louis 
Brown, John 2. 
Benton, Thomas H. 
Billings, Hammatt 
Butler, Benjamin F, 
Bainbridge, Commodore 
Brooks, Governor 
Brooks, Peter C. 
Belknap, Jeremy 
Bates, Isaac C. 
Curtis, Benjamin R. 
Cooper, Samuel 
Chauncy, Charles 
Codman, John 
Cass, Lewis 
Clinton, DeWitt 
Chapman, Jonathan 
Cornwallis, Lord, 1805 



photographs, etc., of the following 

Creswick, William 
Cushman, Charlotte 
Clififord, John H. 
Davis, John 
Davenport, John 
Devens, David 
Doane, George B. 
Douglas, Stephen A. 
Ericsson, John 
Ellis, Rufus 
Emerson, George B. 
Emerson, William 
Endicott, John 
Emerson, Ralph Waldo 
Ely, Edward S. 
Eustis, William 
Franklin, Benjamin 
Franklin, William 
Frothingham, Nathaniel L, 
Frothingham, Richard 
Fulton, Robert 
Goodrich, William W. 
Greenwood, Francis W. P. 
Green, Samuel 



56 



BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 



In Portfolios. — Portraits 

Green, Samuel A, 
Green, Nathaniel 
Gannett, Ezra S. 
Goddard, Thomas A. 
Griffin, Edward D. 
Gerry, Elbridge 
Halkett, Sir Peter 
Healy, John P. 
Harris, Thaddeus M. 
Hancock, John 
Hamilton, Alexander, 2 
Harrison, William H. 
Holmes, Oliver Wendell 
Jackson, Andrew 
Jay, John 
Jeffries, John 
Kuhn, Jacob 
Kirkland, John T. 
Lee, William 
Lewis, Winslow 
Lee, Richard Henry 
Longfellow, Henry W. 
Lowell, James R. 
Lafayette, 
May, Joseph 
Malcolm, Howard 
Mason, Lowell 
Minot, George R. 
Murray, John 
Murdoch, James E. 
Madison, James 
Mason, John M. 
Martineau, Harriet 
Mayhew, Jonathan 
McKean, Thomas 
Morris, Robert 
Mather, Cotton 
Norcross, Otis 
Oswald, Eleazar 



Continued. 



Palfrey, John G. 

Price, Henry 

Pinckney, Charles C. 

Pierce, John 

Polk, James K. 

Potter, Eliphalet 

Paul, Enoch 

" Pindar, Peter " 

Prescott, William H, 

Phillips, Charles A. 

Robinson, William S. 

Rogers, John 

Revere, Paul 

Ripley, Ezra 

Robbins, Chandler 

Strong, Caleb, 2 

Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. 

Shaw, Lemuel 

Shaw, Robert G. 

Sumner, Charles, 2 

Sumner, Increase 

Sprague, Charles 

Sears, David 

Stillman, Samuel 

Story, Joseph 

Sewall, Jonathan 

Summerfield, John 

Saturday Evening Club, 1842-54 

Thornton, J. Wingate 

Trefethen, Benjamin 

Thayer, Nathaniel 

Trencheri, Monsieur 

Taylor, Edward T. 

Thacher, Peter 

Vane, Sir Henry 

Washington, George, as a mason 

Warren, Joseph 

Warren, John, 1783 

Winthrop, Robert C, 2 



In Portfolios 

Wakefield, Cyrus 
Worthington, Roland 
Webster Daniel, 2 
Winthrop, John 



THE CLERK'S OFFICE. 

Portraits — Continued. 



57 



Willard, Samuel 
Wells, Charles 
Wadsworth, Benjamin 



IN PORTFOLIOS. — AUTOGRAPHS. 



Autographs of the following 

office : — 
Appleton, Nathan 
Appleton, Samuel 
Agassiz, Alexander 
Ames, Fisher, 2 
Armstrong, Samuel T. 
Amory, Thomas C. Jr. 
Bridgman, Laura 
Bowdoin, James, 3 
Bancroft, George 
Brimmer, Martin 
Briggs, George N. 
Brooks, Peter C. 
Bates, Joshua 
Bainbridge, Commodore 
Calhoun, John C. 
Clifford, John H., 2 
Claflin, William 
Cass, Lewis 
Crawford, William H, 
Cushman, Charlotte 
Clark, Alvan 
Gushing, Thomas 
Gushing, Caleb 
Chapman, Jonathan, Jr. 
Dearborn, Henry A. S. 
Dewey, Orville, 2 
Davis, John 
Davis, Isaac P., 2 
Derby, E. Hasket 
Dickinson, iVIahlon 
Dana, Richard H., 1853 



persons are on file in the clerk's 

Everett, Alexander H. 
Eliot, Samuel 
Eliot, Charles W. 
Forbes, John M. 
Felton, Cornelius C. 
Frothingham, Octavius B. 
Freeman, James 
Forbes, Robert B., 2 
Gore, Christopher 
Gallatin, Albert 
Garrison, William L. 
Greenough, Horatio 
Greenough, William W. 
Gray, Asa 
Giles, Henry 
Hancock, John 
Hull, Isaac 
Hutchinson, Thomas 
Hale, Edward E. 
Hill, Thomas 
Higginson, Thomas W. 
Harnden, William F. 
Howe, Samuel G. 
Healy, George P. A. 
Ingram, Samuel D. 
Kendall, Amos 
Kemble, Fanny 
Kinnicutt, Thomas 
Loring, Charles G. 
Lodge, Henry C. 
Lincoln, Levi 



58 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

In Portfolios. — Autographs — Continued. 



Lowell, Charles 
Lawrence, Amos 
Lunt, George, 2 
Longfellow, Henry W., 8 
Lincoln, Frederick W., Jr. 
Lyman, Theodore, Jr. 
Lloyd, James 
Mason, John M. 
Morse, Leopold 
McLane, Louis 
Motley, John Lothrop 
Morley, Arnold 
Norton, Andrews 
Otis, Harrison Gray, 5 
Peabody, Andrew P. 
Pierpont, John 
Pierce, Benjamin 
Pierce, Henry L. 
Peabody, George 
Palfrey, John G. 
Prescott, William H., 2 
Quincy, Josiah 
Quincy, Edmund 
Rice, Alexander H. 
Rogers, William B. 



Rush, Richard, 2 
Saltonstall, Leverett 
Sparks, Jared 
Sedgwick, Theodore 
Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. 
Stanley, Arthur P., 2 
Shaw, Lemuel, 2 
Sargent, Lucius M. 
Sumner, Charles 
Sprague, Peleg 
Savage, James 
Sullivan, William 
Thomas, Isaiah 
Ticknor, George, 3 
Tukey, Francis 
Webster, Daniel 
Walley, Samuel H. 
Warren, John C, 4 
Winsor, Justin 
Wilson, Henry 
Washburn, William B. 
Whipple, Edwin P. 
Winthrop, Robert C. 
Wisner, Benjamin B. 



THE UPPER STORY. 

497 The Boston Massacre ; colored lithograph by Bufford, after 

a design by Champney. Edward H. Savage. 

498 Washington's Entry into New York City, Nov. 25, 1783; 

printed in oil colors by Duval & Son, Philadelphia. 

499 The Latin and English High School Building, designed by 

George A. Clough, city architect ; photo-lithograph by 
Bufford of the architect's plan drawn by Samuel J. Brown. 

William H. Whitmore. 

500 ThE Boston and Charles River Basin ; colored lithograph by 

Bufford, made for Charles Davenport, the first projector 
of the Embankment. Charles Davenport. 



THE UPPER STORY. 59 

501-3 State Street from Washington to Devonshire Streets ; 
Brazer's Building ; The entrance to Cornhill from Washing- 
ton Street ; three lithographs by Pendleton after Mayer. 

/eretniah Colhurn. 

504 The Boston Light Infantry ; colored print of a member 

in the uniform of 1833, with another in the background in 
the original uniform of the company. 

Loan : Samuel Andrews. 

505 Panoramic View of the "Burnt District," from a point 

opposite Trinity Church, Summer Street ; photograph by 
James W. Black for "Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper,' 
framed. 

506 Plan of the "Burnt District," showing the improvements of 

streets adopted by the Street Commissioners and the City 
Council ; heliotype reproduction. 

The Boston Safe Deposit Company. 
507-509 View of Fort George, with the City of New York ; 
A South-east view of Boston in North America ; An East 
Perspective view of Philadelphia in the Province of Penn- 
sylvania ; three engravings by Carnitham, printed in colors 
by Bowles and Carver, London, 1778. Charles F. Cox. 

510 Articles of Co-operation in case of fire, etc., adopted by 
certain citizens of Boston, March 8, 1741 ; framed broad- 
side. Jeremiah Colburn. 

511-512 Boston and Tri-mountain ; two oil paintings taken 
from the sides of Engine No. 15 ; framed. 

Mrs. Joh?i G. Low. 

513 John Stanhope Damrell, born 1828; chief engineer of the 

Fire Department 1866-74; lithograph. John S. Da7nrell. 

514 Certificate of Service for seven years in the Fire Depart- 

ment, given to William M. Fernald, in 1833, signed by 
Thomas C. Amory, chief engineer (No. 64) ; with a repre- 
sentation of the "Old State House in flames," after 
Salmon {v. No, 348) ; framed copper-plate engraving. 

Albert II. Fertiahl 

515 A View of the Obelisk under the Liberty Tree, erected for 

the celebration of the Repeal of the Stamp Act. 1766 ; 
electrotype reproduction of a copper-plate engraving by 
Paul Revere. William H. Whitmore. 

516 Map of the first Boston Fire Alarm Telegraph, 1852. 

Airs. Luther Barnes. 

517 George Reed, constable from 1809 to 1839, except two 

years ; oil portrait by Johnson. Loan : Gustavus Andreius. 

518 The Board of Health, from 1799 to 1822 ; names of members 

and officers ; framed broadside. George H. Whitman. 



6o BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

519 The Chiefs of Police of Boston : Francis Tukey, 1846-52 ; 

Gilbert Nourse, 1852-54 ; Robert Taylor, i85<j.-56 ; i)aniel 
J. Coburn, 1856-61; Josiah L. C. Amee, 1861-63; John 
Kurtz, 1863-70 ; Edward H. Savage, 1870-78 ; photograph. 

Edward H. Savage. 

520 A Daguerreotype, representing the Mayor and Aldermen 

of Boston, 1848, as follows : Mayor ^ Josiah Quincy, Jr. ; 
Aldermen, Moses Grant, Billings Briggs, Frederick Gould, 
William Pope, Henry B. Rogers, John Hathaway, J. H. 
Wilkins, John P. Ober ; City Clerk, S. F. McCleary ; City 
Marshall, Francis Tukey. 

Loan: Estate of the Ho7i. Josiah Qui?icy, /r. 

521 Edward Hartwell Savage, 1812-93 ; member of the police 

force thirty-six years, chief of police, and probation officer ; 
photograph. Edward H. Savage. 

522 Certificate of George W, Allan, as member of Engine 

Company No. 12 ; 1830. George H. Allan. 

523 The Boston Massacre, with verses ; an English reprint of 

Paul Revere's engraving {v. 251), printed and sold by 
Bingley, Newgate St., London ; the frame once belonged to 
Francis Rotch, owner of the taxed tea ships, {v. Case "E"). 

Loan : Dwight Whiting. 

524 House, No. 62, Ann Street, in 18 12 ; the site of the present 

Oak Hall, then owned and occupied by C. B. Simmons, 
clothier ; water color by William M. Kenyon, 1835. 

Loan : William C. Lawrence. 

525 The Old Feather Store, Dock Square, 1680-1860; 

colored lithograph, by Prang. Edward A. . White. 

526 The Same ; electrotype reproduction of an old print, giving 

the South view. Mrs. George W. Maunder. 

527 An Old Building, corner of Ann Street ; lithograph by 

Pendleton, after a drawing by F. H. Lane in 1835. 

William H. Whitmore. 

528 The Residence of Gardiner Greene, on Pemberton Hill ; 

associated with the names of the Rev. John Cotton, Sir 
Harry Vane, and Judge Samuel Sewall. Patrick Jeffrey, 
who married the sister of the celebrated John Wilkes, once 
owned it. In 1775, it was the residence of Lord Percy. 
Gardiner Greene came into possession early in the present 
century. The house was taken down about 1835 ; photo- 
graph of a drawing. William H. Whitmore. 

529 The Environs of Boston from Corey Hill, Brookline ; litho- 

graph by Bufford of a sketch by F. Richardson in 1854, 
with key. Charles Libbey. 

530 Minot's Ledge Light-House, (j/. No. 132) ; colored litho- 

graph. William H. Whitmore 



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531 Hannah Adams, 1755-1831; author of a " History of the 

Jews " and other historical works ; the first person interred 
in Mount Auburn Cemetery ; oil portrait. 

George K. Daniell. 

532 Augustus Addison Gould, 1805-66 ; a naturalist and author 

of works in zoology and conchology ; photograph. 

George B. Ager 

533 A Board from the old Mather School house in Dorchester, 

said to have been the first free school established by a 
special tax. Fred F. Hassam. 

534 A Fire-bag of canvas, formerly used by the fire-wards to 

remove goods from burning buildings ; inscribed : " W. 
Cranch, 1792, No. i ; B. Willis Jr., 1794, No. i ; J. Thaxter 
No. I." Loan : Charles O. Pra.^ 

535 A Fire Bucket marked " Martin Brimmer, Boston Fire Club." 

Loan : Jolm S. Damrell. 

536 The Contract for cutting a channel through the ice in 

Boston Harbor for the steam-ship "Britannia," February, 
1844; signed by a Committee, Benjamin Rich, Chairman ; 
original framed document. Loan : W. K. Watkins. 

537 ''The Hub ; " a view of Boston from the Harbor ; aquarelle 

print by Ackermann from a lithograph drawing by Langer- 
feldt, 1883. 

538 A Ramage Printing Press once used by Benjamin Franklin 

in Queen Street, London ; purchased from the estate of 
Ben Perley Poore. William W. Warren. 

539 Benjamin Franklin at his press ; lithograph of a drawing by 

E. Woodbury. M. W. Brush. 

540 A Gravestone found in the Granary Burying Ground while 

digging for repairs to the Tremont House, with inscription : 
" An Leger, 1681 ; " (Anna, wife of Jacob Leger, or Leager). 

J. Montgomery Sears. 

541 A Gravestone of blue Welsh slate, inscribed : " Here lyeth 

ye Body of William Middleton Aged 74 years ; Died 
March ye 3, 1699." Loan: The Old South Church. 

542-545 The Grave Stone of Joshua Lewis, 1673 ; also three 
old carved gravestones given by 

The Boston Gas Light Company. 

546 The Iron Fire-Back of the chimney piece of the Blue Room 

of the Hancock House with the date "1737," the year the 
house was built. Charles E. French. 

547 An Iron Fire-Back bearing a medallion likeness of George 

III, and the trade mark: "H. W. Stiegel, Elizabeth Fur- 
nace, 1769," Loan ; H. L. Narramore 



62 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

548 Resolutions of Thanks to Capt, R. B. Forbes and the other 

officers of the United States Sloop "J^^iestown," lying at 
Cork with supplies for the destitute Irish ; passed April 
17, 1847, ^t ^he council room of the Irish Confederacy, 
Dublin, signed by Thomas F. Meagher and others ; em- 
bossed document, framed. James F. Cotter. 

549 Letter of Thanks to Capt. Forbes, signed : "Staunton, 

Lord Mayor of Dublin, April 24, 1847" ; framed. 

James F. Cotter. 

550 " Acorn's " Old Salt-House ; {v. No. 363) ; water color. 

William H. Spiller. 

551 .Boston and its Environs ; steel engraving by Poppel, 

Munich, 1859. Loan : Williajn H. Whitmore. 

552 View of the Western side of Lincoln Street and of Worcester 

Long Wharf, and other Channel Wharves on the South 
Cove, and a map of Boston, 1835, with the South Cove 
territory ; two lithographic prints in one frame, by 
Pendleton, after drawings by P. P. F. Degrand, 1835, ^^^ 
depot accommodations of the Boston and Worcester and 
Western railroads (the Boston and Albany Railroad.) 

Josiah Quincy. 

553 Old Spinet, made by Longman and Broderip, 26 Cheapside, 

London. Mrs. Daniel T. V. Huntoon. 

554 The Fan Light of the front door of the house of the Revs. 

John Mayo and Cotton Mather in Middle (now Hanover) 
Street. (An electrotyped picture of the house, the gift 
of James H. Stark, is in a portfolio.) 

Miss Elizabeth L. Means. 

555 A Bottle dug up at the end of Long Wharf in dredging for 

the site of the State Street Block, with inscription : " B. 
Faneuil, Esq., 1744," (brother of Peter Faneuil.) 

Loan : Charles B. Cory. 

556 Another Bottle made for Gardiner Greene in England, 

about 1800. Edwin F. Snow. 

557 A Shell fired at the Union forces at Washington, N. C, 

April 2, 1863 ; picked up by Albert K. Page, 44th Regiment 
Massachusetts Volunteers ; given by his brother 

Luke J. Page. 

558 A Carved Buffet, 200 years old, from a house on the cor- 

ner of Vernon Place and Charter Street, still standing. 

Heirs oj Joshua Bennett. 

559 The Warrant to execute Charles I, Jan. 30, 1648 ; signed by 

Oliver Cromwell and the other judges ; fac-simile litho- 
graph print. Loan : Harrison Gray Otis. 

560 SwiNG-SiGN of the Old Inn on the Plymouth Turnpike in 

Pembroke. F. Eugene Bryant 



THE UPPER STORY. 63 

561 The Jail on the corner of Charles and North Grove Streets, 

erected in 1848, from a design by Bryant ; lithograph by 
BufTord after a drawing by Billings. Loan : City of Boston. 

562 The Boston Corn Exchange, instituted 1855, with likeness 

of members; lithograph by Daniels of a drawing by G. H. 
Creighton (with key). Loan : G. H. Creighton. 

563 Plan of the pews in the Hollis Street Church, 1883, showing 

the pewholders in 1834, the Rev. John Pierpont, pastor. 

J. P. Gordon. 

564 Deer Island Almshouse erected in 1849 5 colored lithograph 

after drawing by Joseph R. Richards, 1849. Jofvi P. Reed. 

565 Boston ; an engraving by Mottram after Hill ; published in 

London and New York, 1857. 

566 Boston Harbor from Fort Hill ; lithograph by Bufford of 

Scott's Painting (No. 40). William B. Whitftwre. 

567 A Correct Copy executed by Thomas Starling in London, 

in 1833, of an original Dutch Map, engraved in Amsterdam, 
in 1659, entitled : "Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nee non 
partis Virginiae tabula, multis in locis emendata a Nicolao 
Joannis Visschero." Upon the lower margin, underneath 
this title, appears a colored print, entitled: "Nieuw 
Amsterdam, opt' Eylant Manhattans." Jonathan Preston. 

568 Map of Charletown, 1818. W. Payson Stearns. 
569-608 Maps and Plans of Boston for the years 1777, 1796, 

1800, 1810, 1814 (2), 1820 (2), 1826, 1832, 1833, 1834, 
183s (2), 1836, 1837 (2), 1838, 1844, 1846, 1847, 1848, 
1849, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1855, 1856, 1858, 1859 (2), T864, 
1866, 1870, 1871, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1883, 1891. 

609 A Reproduction, upon one sheet, issued in 1846, of two old 
maps of New England, the first of which is entitled : "The 
South Part of New England, as it is Planted this yeare, 
1634;" an exact copy of the first that was made after 
Massachusetts was settled. It was taken from a book 
published in London by William Wood, entitled : "New 
England's Prospect." The Second is entitled : "A Map of 
New England, being the first that ever was here cut, and 
done by the best Pattern that could be had, which being in 
some places defective it made the other less exact ; yet doth 
it sufficiently shew the scituation of the Countrey, and con- 
veniently well the distance of Places ; an exact copy of 
one published in 1677, to accompany a work entitled: 
" The present State of New England, by William Hubbard." 
It was the first map engraved in this country, and was 
highly praised for its elegance and accuracy. 

John Foster Bush., M. D. 



64 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

6io A Photographic Reproduction, somewhat reduced, of an 
original map found among the manuscripts in the British 
Museum, supposed to have been executed by Gov. John 
Winthrop, about 1634, showing the Plantation of Boston 
and the surrounding country. Boston Public Library. 

611 A Reproduction in fac-simile of an original plan, entitled : 

"A Draught of Boston Harbor : By Capt. Cyprian 
Southake, made by Augustine Fitzhugh, Anno 1694;" 
copied for H. F. Waters, Esq., from the original in the 
British Museum, 12th August, 1884. This is the earliest 
map of Boston Harbor which has yet been found, and is 
executed in colors. Henry F. Waters. 

612 A Heliotype Reproduction, entitled: "Carte de la Ville, 

Baye et Environs de Boston. Par Jean Baptiste Louis 
Franquelin, Hydrog, du Roy, 1693. Verifiee par le Sr de 
la Motte." 

613 A Similar Map by Franquelin, made in 1693, to aid a 

scheme to capture "Baston" by a French Expedition from 
Quebec ; heliotype reproduction, William W. Greenough. 

614 A Third Map by the same maker; heliotype reproduction. 

615 A Reproduction, made in 1835, of an early map, entitled : 

"The Town of Boston in New England, by Capt. John 
Bonner, ^tatis sus 60. Engraven and Printed by Fra. 
Dewing, Boston, N. E., 1722. Sold by Capt. John Bonner, 
and William Price against ye Town-house, where may be 
had all sorts of Prints, Mapps, etc." 

616 A Correct Map of the Coast of New England, 1731. 

Job A. Turner. 

617 A Map entitled : "The Town of Boston in New England." 

No date given, but supposed to be about 1734. 

6i8 A Reproduction made in 1870, of an early map showing 
the topography of Boston Harbor, originally published 
according to Act of Parliament by J. F. W. DesBarres, 
Esq., August 5, 1775 ; lithograph by A. Meisel. 

619 A Lithograph by Tidd of Boston after an old cut in the 
Pennsylvania Magazine, dated July 31, 1775, entitled : 
"Exact Plan of General Gage's Lines on Boston Neck in 
America. Note upon margin : "As the Transactions at 
Boston are at present the principal object of attention of 
the whole Continent, the editor thought he could not oblige 
his readers more than by giving them an exact plan of 
General Gage's fortifications and intrenchments there. 
This he hath done in the annexed plate, upon so large a 
scale, that it will be easy to form a perfect idea of the 
manner in which the General hath blockaded the entrance 
of that city. R. Aitken." 



THE UPPER STORY. 65 

620 A Heliotype Reproduction, made for Frothingham's 

"Siege of Boston," in 1879, entitled : "Plan of the Town of 
Boston, with the Intrenchments, etc., of His Majesty's 
Forces in 1775, from the Observations of Lieut. Page, of 
His Majesty's Corps of Engineers ; and from the Plans of 
other gentlemen." Engraved and printed for William 
Fadden, Charing Cross, Oct. i, 1777. 

621 A Heliotype Reproduction, made in 1875, o^ ^^^'o maps 

upon one sheet, entitled respectively : "A New and 
Accurate Plan of the Town of Boston in New England, 
1774;" and "A New Plan of Boston Harbor from an 
Actual Survey, 1774." The original plate was engraved in 
England, from an accurate Survey by British Engineers, 
just previous to the Revolutionary War. 

IViiiiain S. Appleton. 

622 A Heliotype Reproduction, made in 1875, entitled: 

"General Washington's Revolutionary Campaign War 
Map, after a Survey ordered by him, showing the position 
of his Army in defence of Boston, 1776, also the Fortifica- 
tions and Gun Batteries, extending from Charlestown 
around to Dorchester Heights." Albert O. Crane. 

623 A Reproduction, made in 1876, by George Lam.b, of a map, 

entitled : "A Plan of Boston in New England, with its 
Environs including Milton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Brookline, 
Cambridge, Medford, Charlestown, Parts of Maiden and 
Chelsea, with the Military Works constructed in those 
Places in the years 1775 and 1776. Dedicated to the 
Right Honorable Lord George Germain. London : Pub- 
lished according to Act of Parliament, June 2, 1777, by 
Henry Pelham." 

624 Plan of Boston Common, showing the kind and position of 

each tree, and every other object of importance from a 
survey in 185 1, original india-ink drawing by Nicoll. 

Loan : City of Boston. 

625 Blind over the semi-circular top of a window of Brattle 

Square Church. James R. Wiggin. 

626 Musket, belt and cartridge box carried in the War of 1S12, 

by William IvL Fernald. Albert H. Fcriiald. 

627 The Shovel with which was turned the first sod in the 

construction of the Cochituate Aqueduct, used by the 
Hon. Josiah Quincy, Jr., Mayor, Aug. 20, 1846. 

Loan: City of Boston. 

628 A Gun once belonging to J'^hn Brown. 

629 A Cast of this inscription : " Opposite this spot was shed 

the first blood of the American Revolution, March 5, 1770. 
placed in State Street by the Bostonian Society iu i886." 



66 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

630 View of Boston from East Boston, 1848 ; engraving by 

Burton of a drawing by E. Whitefield. T. S. Nickerson. 

631 Illustrated Map of Boston, 187 i, showing the public 

buildings, places of amusement, etc. ; lithograph by 
Bartlett, New York. 

632 Map of New England, 1850, showing the telegraphic and 

railroad connections. 

633 Plan of the Survey of the Boston and Providence Railroad, 

by James Hayward, 1828. 

634 Boston, photograph of an engraving by Willard and Barber, 

from a drawing by J. W. Barber, 1839. Albert A. Folsom. 

635 Boston as seen from the South-West near the intersection 

of the Providence and Worcester Railroads. 

Albert A. Folsom. 

636 The City Hall, completed in 1865 ; lithograph by Powers 

& Co., after a drawing by Carl Fehmer of Bryant and 
Oilman's plan. William H. Whit77iore. 

637 A South-East View of Boston, dedicated to Peter Faneuil, 

an exact copy of the original copper-plate engraving 
executed in 1743, in the possession of the Hon. Josiah 
Quincy, Jr. ; published for E. Whitefield by A. Tompkins, 
Cornhill, Boston. Josiah Qiiiucy, 

638 A Lock and Coffee mill from house No. 23 Unity Street, 

built about 171 1 by Ebenezer Kimball. The Misses Leach. 

639 A Lock from the outside basement door of the house on the 

lower corner of Beacon and Park Streets, now called "The 
Raymond." Miss Helen S. Raymond. 

640 A Foot Stove used in the last century. Miss Abby L. Peirce. 

641 A Door Handle from a house in Billerica, 200 years old, 

showing the primitive New England work in iron. 

George H. Whitman. 

642 A Spinning-Wkeel for flax. Loan : S. D. G. Wilkutt. 

643 The Ship "Spermo," belonging to Josiah Bradlee, trying out 

whales in the Pacific Ocean, 1822 ; oil painting. 

Loan : Frederick H. Bradlee. 

644 The Same Ship, on a whaling voyage in the Pacific Ocean, 

1822. Loan : Frederick H. Bradlee. 

645 Boston Light, 1840, looking East and West ; two crayon 

drawings by R. P. Mallory. R. P. Mallory. 

646 View of the "Old Corner Book Store ; " wood cut. 

Loan ; William H. Dennet. 



THE UPPER STORY. 67 

647 Thirty-Five photographic representations of bas-relief 

carvings upon the ancient stalls, or choir seats, of St. 
Botolph's Church, Boston, England, attributed to the monks 
in the thirteenth century ; specified as follows : The 
early English Rose ; a couchant Buck ; a double-headed 
Eagle ; an Eagle with its head turned ; the Griffin ; Clowns 
playing with Kittens ; a foliated design ; a Bear Bait ; 
Eagles picking their claws ; Head with curled beard ; a 
Man devoured by Wolves ; a Lion and Dragon fighting ; 
a Man attacking a Lion ; Killing the Griffin ; Bust of a 
Queen; The Schoolmaster; a Man and Woman fighting ; 
a Mermaid piping to a boat's crew; a Fox running away 
with the Geese ; a Monster with cloven feet and the head 
of a man ; the Portcullis of the Castle; a tilting helm in 
profile ; Grotesque Head ; a Winged Dragon ; a Dragon 
and Griffin in amiable converse ; Killing the Unicorn ; a 
foliated design ; a Wolf as priest, Reynard peeping in ; 
Monkey with bottle ; a Knight fully armed, charging a 
Wyvern with his lance ; two Swans, the heads forming a 
ducal coronet ; a feat of Horsemanship — bending behind 
to pick up the horse shoe ; the Pillar of Flagellation ; a 
Hunt with Bow and Arrow ; a Burlesque upon organ 
playing. 

648 Photographic View.s of Boston, England, specified as 

follows : View of Boston Church from the West ; the 
Church from the Cattle Marliet ; geneial view showing 
Lincoln and Lindsay Bmk, White Hart Hotel, and build- 
ing of the Liberal Club ; the Pulpit in Boston Church, 
from which Rev. John Cotton preached; the Memorial in 
Boston Church to the late Professor Conington ; the 
Church, and Herbert Ingram iSIonument ; Inscription 
upon the Memorial Brass in Boston Church, commemora- 
tive of the Rev. John Cotton ; South Porch and Cotton 
Chapel of Boston Church ; the Sessions House ; View of 
old Wind, Corn and Flour Alills ; the Ingelow House ; the 
Church House ; the Cottage Hospital ; Old Flemish 
House after its restoration ; Old Flemish House before 
its restoration ; the Baptist Chapel ; another view of the 
Cottage Hospital ; Burton Hall ; the Grammar School ; 
View of the site of the new Dock ; View of Skirbeck 
Church, Lincolnshire. 

649 Steel-plate Engraving, entitled : "Boston, Lincolnshire," 

choice proof by C. H. Jeems. 

650 Steel-plate Engraving, entitK-d : " Boston, Lincolnshire," 

published by J. Morton. 

651 Copper-plate Engraving, entitled : "Guildhall, Boston," by 

R. Pollard, 1819. 



68 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

652 Copper-plate Engraving, entitled : "North-east view of 

Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire," by B. Hewlett, 1800. 

653 Copper-plate viev? of Tattershall Castle from another point, 

by B. Hewlett, 1799. From No. 647 given by 

The Mayor and Corporation of Boston, England. 

654 William Bedford, Mayor of Boston, England, 1883 and 1890 : 

photograph in regalia as head of the Corporation. 

Williafn Bedford. 

655 Four Photographic Reproductions within one frame, of 

views of the Borough of Boston, England, taken in 1884, 
specified as follows : A reproduction of a rare copper-plate 
engraving owned in Boston, England, entitled : "The South- 
east view of Boston, in the County of Lincoln, 1750 : To 
the Right Worshipful the Mayor and Corporation of 
Boston in Lincolnshire, this Prospect is Gratefully In- 
scribed, by their most obliged. Humble Servant, Nathan 
Drake." A panoramic view of the borough of Boston, 
Lincolnshire, taken in 1884. A reproduction of an old 
copper-plate view showing the water-front of Boston, 
Lincolnshire, at an early period, with Boston Church in the 
background. A view of the water-side of Boston, Lincoln- 
shire, taken in 1884. Alexander Moseky. 

656 A Water-color Drawing, by Worth in 1884, of Shodfriars' 

Hall, the ancient building standing on South Street, 
Boston, Lincolnshire, England, supposed to have been 
erected by Flemish merchants. Alexander Moseley, 

657 St. Botolph's Church, Boston, England, from an original 

engraving, presented to Mrs. Watson, by J. Noble, Mayor 
of Boston ; heliotype reproduction framed. 

William H. Whit more. 

658 Resolutions of sympathy with the citizens of Boston after 

the great Fire of 1872, passed by the Borough of Birming- 
ham, England, signed by Ambrose Biggs, mayor ; framed. 

Loan : City of Boston. 

659 A View of Boston from Telegraph Hill, South Boston ; litho- 

graph by Tappan & Bradford, after Spindler. 

660 Souvenir of Kossuth's visit to Boston, 185 1-2; water color 

drawing of a newsboy, painted by Thomas G. Appleton. 

Natha?i Appleton. 

661 John Avery, First Secretary of State of Massachusetts, 

1 780-1806 ; copy of an oil portrait. fohn E. SaTiborn. 

662-3 Missionary Packet, " Morning Star ;" two lithographs by 
Bufford, after Drew. George H. Whitman. 

664 Boston after the great fire, 1872 ; supplement to " Harper's 
Weekly," Dec. 14, 1872 ; framed. Mrs. Susan jR. Kidder. 



THE UPPER STORY. 69 

665 Abraham Lincoln, the last photograph taken, on the balcony 

of the White House, March 6, 1865, by H. F. Warren. 

H. F. Warren. 

666 Remarks on President Jackson's last annual address, by a 

correspondent of the London Weekly Despatch ; framed 
broadside. Thomas F. Hinckley. 

667 Statement of the expenses of the Town of Boston, from 

May, 17S3 to May, 1784, $71,491 ; amount of County and 
Town tax, $125,820. Benjamin Sumner, collector; framed 
broadside; no date. Edward J. Jojies. 

668 Mirror from Governor Hutchinson's house in Milton, with 

heavy antique frame. Charles Breck 

669 Mahogany Carved Base to the pulpit of the Brattle Square 

Church. /. Mo?itgoniery Sears 

670 Fire Bag of the Suffolk Fire Society, marked "John Lamson, 

1816." Daniel S. Lamson. 

671 Model in wood of the mansion known as the Faneuil-Phillips 

House on Common, afterward Tremont, Street, opposite 
King's Chapel, built by an uncle of Peter Faneuil, occu- 
pied later by Governor Phillips. 

Loan : Mrs. Caroline M. Fitch. 

672-700 Portraits of the mayors of Boston from 1822 to 1892, 

inclusive ; engravings, lithographs and photographs ; gifts 

and loans by the City of Boston and others. 

701 A Fragment of the old Roman wall of London. 

The Boston Herald. 

702-3 Two Silk Banners carried in the Presidential campaign 
of 1844, by the Whig Club of old Ward Four. 

Henry S. Shaw. 

704 A Stone from the front of the Hancock House. 

705 A Cannon Ball fired into the American camp at Cambridge 

during the Revolution. Charles Breck. 

706 Another ball fired by the British against Washington's 

intrenchments on Dorchester Heights, 1775. 

/oh7i Dodge. 

707 A Granite Ball with leaden spire attached, which sur- 

mounted one of the towers of the Triangular Warehouse, 
formerly standing at the head of what was in early times 
known as "the Town Dock," in the vicinity of the present 
Dock Square, built in 1680, taken down in 1824. 

Andrew C. Slater, Executor. 

708 President Madison's inaugural address, March 4, 1809 ; 

framed broadside, printed on satin. William T. Leggett. 

709 Independence Hall, Philadelphia ; framed water color by E. 

D. Lewis. 



70 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

710 Relic of the great Fire, 1872 ; molten parian, glass, etc., 

from the ruins of Daniel B. Stedman's crockery store on 
Summer Street. William C. Burrage. 

711 A Piece of iron from the ruins of the store of Homer, Bishop 

& Co., 112 Milk Street, burnt in the great fire. 

William C. Lawrence. 
'j\2 A Cabinet containing a piece of the organ pipe of the Coli- 
seum ; a piece of shell fired from the " JVIerrimac " into a 
cabin of the " Minnesota ;" wood from the " Constitution," 
and other small articles. 

713 A Carved representation of the Arms of the Painters' Guild, 

of England, Ireland and Scotland, 1755, which was brought 
to this country by Christopher Gore, afterwards Governor, 
and at one time hung upon a building in the present Scol- 
lay Square. Loan : C. Henry Adams. 

714 Part of the pulpit-door of the Second, or New Brick, Church 

in Hanover Street, built 17 19. William W. Warren. 

715 A Carved wooden pilaster from the front of the house occu 

pied by the Revs. John Mayo and Cotton Mather. 

Aliss Elizabeth L. Means. 

716 An Old Scandinavian Ship's Bell, believed to have been 

cast in the province of Dalarne, in Sweden, and bearing the 
inscription in raised capital letters of Swedish script : " Till 
Horig Skeppet Patrioten." The dimensions of the bell are 
as follows: Circumference at top, i foot 6 5-8 inches; at 
centre, 2 feet; at rim, 3 feet, 7 inches. Height, 11 1-2 
inches. Weight, 59 pounds. 

Loan : The United States Gover?iinent. 

717 Mantel from the Holmes House, Cambridge, where Bene- 

dict Arnold received his commission ; where the battle of 
Bunker Hill v/as planned; the birthplace of Dr. O. W. 
Holmes. Loan : Vincent Y. Bowditch, M. D. 

718 Decoration representing the shield borne by the New Eng- 

land Guards, painted upon cloth, with their motto. 

The New E?igland Guards^ Association. 

719 Gilded hands of the clock on Boylston Market, the gift of 

Ward M. Boylston, 1809. John D. W. French. 

720 The Hands of the clock on HoUis Street Church. 

B. F. Merrill. 

721 Banneret of white silk, borne by Edward Carnes in the pro- 

cession of welcome to Washington in 1789. 

George W. Forristall. 

722 A Cane cut on the Webster Place, Marshfield, on the day of 

the funeral of Daniel Webster, 1852, Thomas E. Dudley. 



THE UPPER STORY. 71 

723 The Vane and Finials of Hollis Street Church. 

Robert B. Brighatn. 

724 A Balluster from the gallery at the head of the staircase 

of the Hancock House. B. Joy Jeffries, M. D. 

725 A Piece of the lightning rod erected on the Hancock House 

by Benjamin Franklin ; the lantern irons, door lock, steel- 
yards, marble slab, etc., from the Hancock House. 

Charles E. French. 

726 The Hancock House ; copper-plate engraving by Diman, 

after a drawing by J. Davis. Mrs. Rebecca D. Pratt. 

'ji'j The Iron standard upon which swung the cockerel vane of 
the "New Brick " church on Hanover Street, 1721-1843 ; 
{v. Case "G.") Charles W. Parsons. 

728 Drawing of the old chandelier in this building ; sketched 
from memory by W. F. Durfee. 

729-733 Five views of Beacon Hill, as follows: — 

1. Beacon Hill, from Mount Vernon Street near the head 

of Hancock Street. 

2. Beacon Hill, from the former site of the Reservoir, be- 

tween Hancock and Temple Streets. 

3. Beacon Hill, with Mr. (William) Thurston's house, from 

Bowdoin Street. 

4. Beacon Hill, from Mount Vernon Street. 

5. Beacon Hill, from Derne Street; colored lithograph 

prints by Bufford, after the original views drawn and 
engraved by I. R. Smith in 181 1. 

Miss Eliza S. Quincy. 

734 The Custom House, erected in 1848 ; steel engraving by 

Archer after Billings, 1850, 

735 Letter from the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce to George 

C. Richardson, President of the Boston Board of Trade, 
June 20, 1865, thanking the Boston Board for hospitality 
shown to the Boards of Trade of the West ; framed. 

736 General Samuel M. Quincy, when acting mayor of New 

Orleans, 1866, photograph ; {v. No. 485.) Henry P. Curtis. 

737 The West (hurch, Cambridge Street: four photographic 

views. Grejiville H. Norcross. 

738 George HI, 1738-1820; steel engraving by Ryland after 

Ramsay's portrait. 

739 General Ulvses S. Grant, 1822-85 ; photograph taken in 

the field at City Point, Va., March 15, 1865, by H. F. 
Warren. Tl. /-'. U'arrrv. 



72 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

740 Thomas Edward Chickering, 1824-71; son of No. 32; 
Colonel of the 41st Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers; 
framed photograph. Mrs. William W. Clapp, 

16f\ The New England Guards, in the uniform of 1849, a litho- 
graph certificate by Stratton after Smith. 

Charles L. Bancroft. 

742 View of Boston from Dorchester Heights ; engraving by 

Havell, from his painting. Williavi H. Whitmore. 

743 Departure of the Pilgrims from Holland ; artist's proof en- 

graving signed: " Charles Lucy, 1847." J. Koopman. 

744 Certificate of membership of Albert A. Folsom in the Bos- 

ton Light Infantry, 1857 ; colored lithograph framed. 

Albert A. Folsom. 

745 Gamaliel Bailey, 1807-59; Editor of the National Era, in 

which " Uncle Tom's Cabin " was originally published ; 
lithograph. U' illiain H. Whitmore. 

746 A, Cartridge-box used in the war of 1812. 

William P. Shreve. 

747 A Letter sent by balloon from Paris during the Siege, Dec. 

17, 1870; framed. Nathan Appleton. 

748 The Last Words and dying speech of Levi Adams, executed 

for burglary, Oct. 21, 1773 ; framed broadside. 

749 Plan of the Old State House, second floor, showing the 

circular staircase, hall, and four ante-rooms adjoining, also 
representing in solid lines the original oak frame around 
the staircase opening, all of which indications were found 
in the restoration of 1881. William H. Whitmore. 

750 Rev. George Richards, 1816-1876; pastor of the Central 

Congregational Church, on Winter Street ; lithograph. 

Jo/m P. Reed. 

751 Proclamation of the Selectmen of Boston to the inhabitants 

that effectual measures be taken against infectious disease 
now prevalent in Philadelphia ; framed broadside. 

Eben Dorr. 

752 Fair for the building fund of the Young Men's Christian 

Association in Music Hall, December, 185S ; framed pho- 
graph. 

753 Bill of John Jones against Thomas Edes of Boston, for car-^ 

penter work, Aug. 27, 1762 ; framed autograph. 

754 Sir Moses Montekiore, Bart., presented to the City of Bos- 

ton by Alfred A. and Kate Marcus on the ninety-ninth 
birthday of the venerable philanthropist ; crayon portrait 
bust by Rayner. Loan : The City of Boston. 



THE UPPER STORY. jt, 

755 Tax-Warrant to the town of Stoughton, Nov. i, 1759; 

signed by Harrison Gray, Treasurer (No. 186); framed 
broadside. Isaac Femu). 

756 Paul Revere at the age of 67 ; photograph of a portrait paint- 

ed in 1801. 

757 Bill of Lading of the sloop " Greyhound " from Boston to 

Newberne, N. C, dated Jan. 20, 1709; framed autograph, 

T. T. Hauffcr. 

758 Ram's Horn in plaster from " Piarris's Folly," a house in 

Pearl Street on the site of Nos. 100 to 108; one of many 
under the gable and towards the street. Nahuvi Jo7ics. 

759 Cane from a piece of the oak frame of the Rev. Dr. Streeter's 

church in Hanover Street, demolished in 183S ; made by 
Henry Gooding and presented by his daughter 

E. Jeannette Gooding, M. D. 

760 General Joseph Warren ; small portrait bust painted on 

glass, framed ; once owned by Charlotte Cushman. 

Mrs. George IV. Cafe. 

761 A Cannon made of wood of the British man-of-war " Somer- 

set," wrecked on Cape Cod, November, 1778. 

William T. Cheswell. 

762 The New England Weekly Journal, June 9, 1729 ; found 

in the house in Common Street, where the Rev. Mather 
Byles lived ; framed broadside ; another of Oct. 6. 1727. 

Willia77i H. Kennard. 

763 Thomas Melville (No. 143) ; a printed sketch of his life as 

published in the " Columbian Centine!," Oct. 30, 1832 ; 
framed. Mrs. Nancy M. Downer. 

764 Laying the corner-stone of the Beacon Hill Reservoir 

(7'. No. I.) ; daguerreotype. josiali Quincy. 

765 Letter of William Cooper, town clerk of Boston, to the 

towns of Massachusetts; Sept. 12, 1768 ; printed broadside. 

766 Clearance of the schooner " Newbury " from Boston, April 

5, 1765 ; framed autograph of W''illiam Sheaffe, Deputy 
Collector. Loan : Selh Bryant. 

767 The Corner of Washington and Summer Streets : decorated 

for the 250th anniversary of the Ancient and Honorable 
Artillery Company, 1888 ; framed photograph. 

A. Shiiman. 

768 Plan of the Back Bay, showing public parks, with the system 

of streets and sewers proposed for its improvement, Feb. 8, 
1877 ; Fuller and Whately, engineers. 

769 Plan of the proposed improvement of the Back Bay, pub- 

lished by the Park Commissioners, 1879. 



74 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

770 Piece of palmetto wood sent from Charleston, S. C, to Con- 

cord, on the one hundredth anniversary of the Battle of 
Bunker Hill. William IV. Wheildon. 

771 The Boston Gazette, March 12, 1770, containing an ac- 

count of the " Boston Massacre " ; framed broadside. 

Mrs. Sarah B. Jacobs. 

772 Tax-warrant to the town of Boston, July i, 1794, signed by 

Thomas Davis, Treasurer ; framed broadside. 

Jereni ia h Co lb u rn . 

773 "The Arctic Moon"; a hektograph newspaper, printed in 

Grinnell Land, by the Greeley Exploration Party; No. 1, 
Nov. 24, 1881 ; said to be the only perfect copy; framed 
under glass. Frank N. Brownell. 

774 Ruins of the building on the corner of Bedford and Kingston 

Streets, burned Thanksgiving Day, 1889; framed photo- 
graph. William Frye. 

775 Framed Chart of the private signals of the merchants of 

Boston. George O. Smith. 

776 Spiral Carved post from the belfry of Christ Church, Salem 

Street; taken down during repairs in 1892; with a hand- 
wrought nail. y. Otis Wcthcrbce. 

777 A Piece of oak from the frigate "Constitution." 

GtOrgc H. Whitman. 

778 Franklin Street in i860 ; framed photograph. 

William W. Rhoadcs. 



THE CURTIS COLLECTION. 

A Collection of framed photographs of streets, and of buildings 
many of ihem now demolished, presented to the Society by 
Henry Pelham Curtis. 

779 Grand Panoramic View of the east side of Washington 

Street from the corner of State Street to No. 206. 

780 Federal Street Church (Rev, Dr. Channing's), 1809-1859. 

781 Ruins of the Great Fire ; panoramic view from Washing- 

ton Street. 

782 (-. H. Badger's House in Prince Street. 

783 General Gage's House in Hull Street, Copp's Hill. 

784 The Old Elm on the Common. 

785 The Thoreau House in Prince Street, 1725. 



786 The Stoddard House in Prince Street ; Major Pitcairn is said 
to have died here of wounds received at Bunker Hill. 



THE UPPER STORY. 75 

Curtis Collection — Continued. 

787 John B. Wells's House on the corner of Charter and Fos- 

ter Streets. 

788 Faneuil Hall Square. 

789 Highborn House in North Street near North Square. 

790-1 The Caleb Loring House in Somerset Street, fronting 
Pemberton Square ; 1803-53. (2) 

792 Mount Vernon Street, back of the State House ; houses 

razed in 1889. 

793 The Baldwin Place Baptist Church. 

794-5 t)LD St, Mary's Church in Endicott Street. (2) 

796 The Union Congregational Church (Rev. Dr. Nehemiah 

Adams's), corner of Essex Street and Chauncy Place ; 
1819. 

797 The State House decorated for the Centennial Celebration 

in 1876. 

798 Boylston Street, showing Tremont and Washington Streets. 

799 Robert Newman's House on the corner of Salem and Sheaf 

Streets. 

800 Temple Place, from the southwest corner of Tremont Street. 

801 Green Street Congregational Church, 1826 ; Rev. William 

Jenks, D. D., pastor ; later the Church of the Advent, Rev. 
William Cogswell, D. D., rector, 

802 Jewish Synagogue, Warrenton Street, erected in 1851. 

803 The Corner of Lowell and Minot Streets, Putnam's Phar- 

macy, 

804 The Old City Hotel, below the Brattle Square Church on 

Brattle Street, 

805 Old Scollay's Building, from an attic window at the West 

End of Tremont Row. 

806 Pine Street Congregational Church, 1827. 

807 The Wells House in Salem Street, 1680, 

808 The Tremere House in North Street, 

809 The Hartt PIouse, Hull Street; here lived Hartt who built 

the " Constitution," 

810 The Sheaf House, on the corner of Columbia and Essex 

Streets. 

811 An Old House in North Street. 

812 The British Hospital, Prince Street, where the wounded 

were carried from Bunker Hill. 



'j6 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

Curtis Collection — Continued, 

813 No. 83 Charter Street, razed in 1885. 

814 The Old Boston Stone in Marshall's Lane. 

815 Christ Church, Salem Street, in 1723. 

816 The Seamen's Bethel, North Square, where " Father Tay- 

lor " preached. 

817 Old Chauncy Place, from the Mechanics' Building on the 

corner of Bedford Street. 

818 The Old South Meeting-House with the Post-Office addi- 

tion made by the United States Government after the 
Great Fire. 

819 Warren Street Chapel, 1835, in Warrenton Street, the Rev. 

Charles F. Barnard, pastor. 

820 Old Somerset Club House, and the residence of J. L. 

Gardner, Beacon Street. 

821 Court Square ; east side, looking North. 

822 Old Brimmer FIouse, on the west side of Charles Street. 

near Beacon. 

823 Old West Street, looking towards Bedford Street. 

824 BuLFiNCH Street Church, originally the Central Universal- 

ist Church, 1823. 

825 Corner of Temple Place and Tremont Street. 

826 Stores and Offices on the corner of Washington and Court 

Streets ; razed in 1889. 

827 A View of Somerset Street. 

828 Mount Vernon Street back of the State House. 

829 Old South Meeting-House, interior view. 

830 The North-east Corner of Mount Vernon and Temple 

Streets. 

831 The Second Universalist Church, from front of the City 

Hall. 

832 Phillips Street Church. 

833 The Corner of Milk and Washington Streets. 

834 Stores and Offices on the corner of Court and Washington 

Streets; razed in 1889. 

835 Brattle Square Church, exterior and interior views. 

836 Hollis Street Church from an opposite window. 

837 The First Church in Chauncy Place. 

838 Selwvn's Theatre, burnt in 1871. 



THE UPPER STORY. t-j 

Curtis Collection — Continued. 

839 ScoLLAY Square. 

840 The Paddock Elms and Park Street Church. 

841 Hulk of Pilgrim Ship, " Sparrowhawk," exhibited on Boston 

Common in 1865. 

842 HoLLis Street Church, 1810-85. 

843 Old Trinity Church, 1828-72 ; oblique view towards Wash- 

ington Street. 

844 Congress and State Streets, diagonally from Exchange 

Street. 

845 St. Stephen's Chapel on Purchase Street, erected by the 

Hon. William Appleton ; destroyed by the Great Fire. 

846 The North Side of Summer Street, opposite Kingston, after 

the Great Fire. 

847 Old Water Street, the northeast corner, before the widen- 

ing of Washington Street. 

848 The Rear of the State House, with Somerset Street Church, 

and the Bell estate. 

849 The Albion, on the corner of Beacon and Tremont Streets ; 

razed in 1887. 

850 Summer Street from Washington Street to " Church Green," 

187 1 ; two views. 

851 The Old Kuhn House, on the corner of Beacon and 

Charles Streets; razed in 1889. 

852 School Street Block below the City Hall. 

853 West Street, from a stereopticon view. 

854 Essex Street, between Chauncy and Kingston Streets, from 

the corner of Edinboro' Street. 

855 Old Exeter Place, from Chauncy Place, later Chauncy 

Street. 

856 The Old Latin School-House in Bedford Street; 1844-79. 

857 The Old Masonic Temple, with a view of Temple Place. 

858 Eliot Street, corner of Washington Street. 

859 Park Street, from Park Street Church. 

860 The Old Corner Bookstore, on the corner of School and 

Washington Streets. 

861 The Residence of the Hon. Edward Everett and Daniel 

Denny, on Summer Street, at the time of removal. 

862 A Copy of an old daguerreotype representing Court Street to 

the Old State House ; from the roof of Scollay's Building, 
showing on the right the parsonage of Brattle Square 
Church, the old tower of the Merchants' Exchange, with 
Fort Hill in the right background. 



7^ ROSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

Curtis Collection — Continued. 

863 The Old Adams House in Washington Street ; 1846. 

864 Colonnade Row, Tremont Street, from the Common. 

865 Washington Street, at Franklin Street, looking South. 

866 Essex Street ; the north side from Harrison Avenue. 

867 Hanover Street, near Portland Street. 

868 Gleason's Publishing Hall and Tremont Temple ; from 

the Paddock Elms. 

86g The Boston Daily Advertiser building on Court Street, 
opposite Court Square; 1866-83 ! re-erected in Lynn. 

870 School Street from Washington Street. 

871 Franklin Street ; north side from the middle of the cres- 

cent. 

872 Franklin Street ; north side from lower end of the crescent. 

873 Franklin Street ; south side, showing the old archway and 

crescent; 1855. 

874 Court Square; east side looking south from Court Street. 

875 C. B. Summons's House in Ann Street; 1814, the site of 

" Oak Hall." 

876 The Merchants' Exchange in State Street. 

877 The Old Custom House in Custom House Street. 

878 The Corner of State and Kilby Streets; razed 1889. 

879 Scollay's Building; razed in 1872. 

880 The Old Part of the Wells House in Salem Street. 

881 Washington Street looking south, from the corner of Milk 

Street, before the erection of the " Transcript Building." 

882 Franklin Street, north side from lower end of the crescent, 

883 Oliver Eldredge's House on Otis Place. 

884 Franklin Street Cathedral of the Holy Cross, and the spire 

of Federal Street Church. 

885 New South Church, Church Green ; 1814-68. 

886 HoLLis Street Church ; interior. 

887 Old South Meeting-House; interior. 

888 NiLEs's Block in School Street. 

889 Mount Vernon Street in the rear of the State House, be- 

tween Hancock and Temple Streets. 

890 Temple Street, between Derne and Mount Vernon Streets. 



THE UPPER STORY. 79 

Curtis Collection — Continued. 

891 Temple Street between Mt. Vernon and Derne Streets. 

892 Old Cathedral Block, lower end- of Franklin Street 

Cresent. 

893 Franklin Street from opposite old Franklin Printing 

House. 

894 Franklin Street Crescent, with trees, and the Old Cathedral 

of Holy Cross. 

895 The Gardner House in Franklin Street, 1855. 

896 Tremont Street and Scollay Square ; from the south 

corner of Tremont Street and School Street ; morning 
view. 

897 Somerset Street ; morning view, 1858. 

898 The Old National Theatre, on the corner of Portland and 

Travers Streets, 1822-63. 

899 The Old Leather and Feather Warehouse, 1680-1860. 

900 Mt. Vernon Street, corner of Joy Street ; the residence of 

Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis. 

901 The Old Beacon Hill Reservoir, North-east corner, 1848- 

83 ; four views. 

902 The Old Reservoir, North-east corner, 1848-83. 

903 George Ticknor's House, on the corner of Park and 

Beacon Streets ; erected by Thomas Amory in 1806. 

904 Park Street, showing Dr. John C. Warren's house and Park 

Street Church. 

905 The Corner of Franklin and Devonshire Streets, toward 

the Old Stale House. 

906 The Howard Athen.eum and head of Hanover Street from 

Howard Street, 1859. 

907 The Old Perkins House on the corner of Joy and 

Mt. Vernon Streets, 1855. 

908 Chelsea Dye House, Old Hewes House, 1656-1870. 

gog Washington Street, with the Old South Meeting-house, 
from the Herald Building. 

910 '1'he Sheaf House, corner of Columbia and Essex Streets. 

gn Old Horticultural Hall and the Parker House from the 
front of City Hall. 

gi2 Otis Place, Winthrop IMace ; the old Blake and Bancroft 

Houses. 
gi3 Old Federal Street Church, toward Milk Street, 1809-59. 



So BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

Curtis Collection — Continued. 

914 Copeland's Confectionery Store, east side of Court 

Street between Brattle and Hanover Streets. 

915 The Public Garden, looking toward the State House, i860. 

916 Church Green toward Winthrop Place. 

9x7 The Corner of State and Congress Street, New England 
Mutual Life Insurance Company before the Great Fire. 

918 Otis Place, left hand towards Summer Street. 

919 Spruce Street from the Common. 

920 The Residences of J. T. Lovering and H. A. Pierce, 46 and 

47 Beacon Street. 

921 The Residences of Peter Parker and Martin Brimmer 48 and 

49 Beacon Street. 

922 Mt. Vernon Street from Walnut Street. 

923 The Sears House on Beacon Street, now the Somerset Club 

House. 

924 The Central Congregational Church in Winter Street, 

1841-65. 

925 Mt. Vernon and Joy Streets ; West side. 

026 Colonnade Row, looking north-east from Tremont Street, 
Common side. 

927 Trinity Church, south-west; afternoon view. 

928 Federal Street, from Federal Court, 1858. 

929 The Cathedral of Holy Cross, Franklin Street. 

930 Horticultural Hall and Parker House, from the City Hall. 

931 Old Perkin's House in the rear of Mount Vernon Place and 

Joy Street. 

932 The Residence of Samuel May on Congress Street, in i860 ; 

Destroyed by fire, 1872. 

933 Winthrop Place, Summer Street, residence of Hollis H. 

Hunnewell. 

934 Paul Revere's House, North Square, 1660. 

935 The Old Winthrop House, on the corner of Tremont and 

Boylston Streets. 

936 Chauncy Street from Exeter Place. 

937 The Old Corner Book Store, 17 12. 

938 The New Post Office, previous to the Great Fire, from the 

corner of Water and Devonshire Streets. 

939 Beacon Street, corner of Spruce Street. 



THE UPPER STORY. 8i 

Curtis Collection — Continued. 

940-941 Beach Street Church, formerly Purchase Street Con- 
gregational Church, Rev. J. T. Coolidge on the corner of 
Beach Street and Harrison Avenue, 1846. (2) 

942 Church of the Saviour, the Rev. Robert C. Waterston, 

pastor, Bedford Street, 1845 ! Razed in 1872. 

943 The Corner of Milk and Washington Streets. 

944 The Old Bromfield House on Brorafield Street. 

945 The Present Site of the old Stackpole Estate, i860. 

946 Summer Street, the residence of Daniel Webster. 

947 India W^harf in i860. 

948 The Masonic Temple, from the sidewalk on Boylston Street, 

front of the Hotel Pelham. 

949 Franklin Street fronrt Devonshire Street. 

950 Fort Hill looking toward the Custom House. 

951 Dr. Buckminster Brown's house on Bowdoin Street, west 

side. 

952 Otis Place, corner of the houses of Oliver Eldridge, Henry 

Cabot and Hollis H. Hunnewell. 

953 Franklin Street, south side, and the old Boston Library, 

incorporated in 1794. 

954 View of Boston from Thomas Street, South Boston, 1858. 

955 Federal Street, near High Street ; East from Federal 

Court. 

956 Tremont and Eliot Streets, looking toward the Common, 

i860. 

957 The Public Garden, corner of Charles and Beacon Streets, 

i860. 

958 The Evans House and Masonic Temple, from the Tremont 

Street Mall. 

959 The Hotel Pelham before its removal, 1869. 

960 The Public Library and Hotel Pelham, East from the 

Common. 

961 The Old Boston and Providence Railroad Depot in Park 

Square. 

962 The Interior of the Green-house, Public Garden. 

963 The Old Gun House in Charles Street. 

964 Paul Revere's House, North Square, 189 1. 

965 Arch Street, diagonally from Summer Street. 



82 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

Curtis Collection — Continued. 

966 The School House on Fort Hill ; eight views. 

967 Fort Hill, central view. 

968 The Sears Estate before it was occupied by the Somerse 

Club, from Beacon Street Mall. 

969 The Old Boston and Providence Railroad Depot, and 

Park Square Corner. 

970 Park Street Church and the Paddock Elms, from St. 

Paul's Church. 

971 Tremont Street, from Court to Bromfield Streets. 

972 Tremont Street, from King's Chapel Burying Ground to 

Park Street, before the horse railway was built. 

973 The View down Park Street Mall, from the right-hand 

balustrade of the State House. 

974 Wendell Phillips's House in Essex Street, fronting Harrison 

Avenue, with a side view of Mr, Phillips on his doorstep. 

975 Old Hancock House, winter view, i860. 

976 Dock Square to Washington Street, i860. 

977 Colonnade Row, corner of West Street. 

978-987 Ten Views from the cupola of the State House. 

988 The Old Elm on the Common, looking toward the Public 

Library. 

989 Otis Place, residence of N. Ingersoll Bowditch and Oliver 

Eldridge, ' 

990 Inauguration of the Statue of Daniel Webster, Sept. 17, 1859. 

991 Park Street Church and Mall from the Common. 

992 Beacon Hill Place from the Swedenborgian Church, 1859. 

993 Park Street, winter view from Tremont Street. 

994 Franklin Street, South side, 1855, the Boston Library. 

995 The Hotel Pelham, 1857 ; the first building erected on this 

continent as a family hotel. 

996 Old Havmarket Square, looking North. 

997 Pemberton Square in i860, looking North. 

998 Beacon Street, from Joy Street to Hancock Avenue. 

999 View, East on Beacon Street, opposite the Public Garden. 



THE UPPER STORY. 83 

Curtis Collection — Contimced, 

1000 Brattle Square Church, diagonally from the Quincy 

House, 
looi Pitts Street Chapel, Rev, Dr. Tuckerman, pastor, 1836. 

1002 The "Cockerel Church," Hanover Street, near Rich- 

mond Street, 1845. 

1003 The Christian Church in Tyler Street, corner of Kneeland 

Street. 

1004 Holy Trinity Church in Suffolk Street, 1842. 

1005 The Old House in Union Street. 

1006 An Old Building occupied by S. S. Pierce & Company, 

corner of Tremont and Court Streets ; razed in 1883 ; it had 
a marble tablet on Court Street, commemorating its occu- 
pancy by Washington in 1789, inserted by Thomas B. 
Curtis. 

1007 A Winter View of the Old City Hall. 

1008 The Old City Hall, about 1860-2; occupied from 1822 

to 1862, except from 1830 to '41. 

THE CURTIS COLLECTION IN PORTFOLIOS. 

Block on Mount Vernon Street, back of the State House ; re- 
moved in 1889. 

The Old South Meeting-house, two views. 

Brattle Square Church ; seven views. 

Washington Street, nearly opposite Water Street. 

The Hayward Block and Chickering's Ware-rooms, destroyed by 
fire in 187 i. 

Somerset Street ; six views of houses removed for the new 
Court House. 

Court Street, corner of Washington Street ; razed in 1889. 

St. Mary's Church ; four views. 

The Ticknor Mansion, Park Street. 

The Daniel Vose House, Milton Lower Mills. 

The Exchange Block, corner of State and Congress Streets, 
demolished in 1889. 

The Boylston Market, corner of Washington and Boylston 
Streets, 1887 

The Gallop House ; ten photographs of old North End build- 
ings, decorated for the encampment of the Grand Army in 
1890. 

1009 Joy's Building, Washington Street, 1880. 



84 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

loio Concert Hall, corner of Court and Hanover Streets, 1835. 

Mrs. H. B. Jacobs. 
loii The First Church, the building on Washington Street 
near State Street, known as the " Old Brick." 

Thomas Minns. 
1012 BoYLSTON Market, 1809-87. Jonathan French. 

1013-24 Twelve Heliotype Engravings of old Boston buildings, 
printed from sketches by George R. Tolman. Curtis Guild. 

1025 The Residence of Samuel Hammond, at the corner of 

Somerset and Allston Streets, 1808-60. Samuel H. Eussell. 

1026 Pemberton Square, a North-west view, 1885. 

William H. Whitmore. 

1027 Bunker Hill Monument. 

1028 Part of the Old Trail from Boston to Plymouth, through 

West Roxbury Park. Augustus Parker. 

1029 The Portuguese Settlement on Long Island, Boston 

Harbor, removed by order of the City in 1887. 

1030 Hotel Pelham, August 25, 1869, when, "by agreement 

between the City of Boston and Dr. Dix, it was moved 
westward, together with the vaulted sidewalk, on the line 
of Boylston Street, 13 feet 10 inches, in six days. The 
weight was estimated at 5,000 tons. The moving was 
successfully accomplished, and was said by General 
Benham of the United States Army to be one of the great- 
est feats of modern engineering." Johi H. Dix, M. D. 

1031 House of John Mayo and Cotton Mather, erected 1656; 

electrotype. James H. Stark. 

1032 Chelsea Dye House Office, on Washington Street. 

Thomas C. DeCarteret, 

1033 The Eliot School House, established in 1713; North 

Bennett Street, erected in 1838. George O. Carpenter. 

1034 Beacon Hill Reservoir. 

1035 No. 37 Somerset Street ; razed in 1885 ; occupied by 

Daniel Webster, Abbott Lawrence and others, now part 
of the site of the Court House. 

1036 Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, 50 

and 52 State Street; taken down, 1884. 

1037 Hollis Street Church, interior. E. T. Russell. 

1038 Residence of Jonathan Harris, 1800, corner of High and 

Purchase Streets. 



THE UPPER STORY. 85 

1039 Christ Church, Salem Street, i860. 

1040 Trinity Church, after the great fire, 

1041 Residence of Daniel Weld, Boston Neck. 

1042 Brookbank, residence of S, E. Sawyer, Gloucester, built 

1714. 

1043 WiNTHROP House, corner of Boylston and Tremont Streets, 

1845, destroyed by fire, 1864. Freemason Hall occupied 
1859-1864. Henry J. Parker. 

1044 Photograph of the Officers and Sailors of the Russian 

Squadron visiting Boston in 1864, F. W. Lincoln, Jr., Mayor. 

1045 The Raymond and Ticknor Houses, corner of Beacon and 

Park Streets. Cabot and Chandkr. 

1046 A. French & Company, corner of Milk and Batterymarch 

Streets, 1872. 

1047 The Old City Hall, winter view, i860. 

1048 The First Church, fourth edifice, Chauncy Place, 1808- 

1871. 

1049 The Winthrop House, corner of Boylston and Tremont 

Streets. 

1050 Balloon view of Boston ; King and Allen, aeronauts. 

George O. Carpenter. 

1051 The Corner of Hollis and Tremont Streets, 1868. 

Rev. Caleb D. Bradlee. 

1052 The "Crystal Palace," Lincoln Street; razed, 1885. 

1053 Birthplace of General Warren, Roxbury, 17 20-1846. 

E. Alexander. 
1054-57 Pemberton Square, four views, 1885, 

1058 American House, i860, Hanover Street. 

1059 Somerset Street Baptist Church, five views in one frame. 

Willi a7n G. Preston. 

1060 View of Boston, from East Boston wharves, 1848 ; photo- 

graph after engraving. Henry W. Daniell. 

1061 Tremont House, on Beacon and Tremont Streets, erected in 

1828, showing the projected cupola, which was never placed 
upon the building. Curtis Guild. 

1062 Avon Place, residence of Samuel Bradlee. 

Rev. Caleb D. Bradlee. 

1063 Devonshire Street, after the Great Fire. 

1064 Corner of Summer and High Streets, after the Great Fire. 

1065 Corner of Commercial and Fleet Streets, razed 1886. 

Francis H, Manning. 



86 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

1066-8 Residence of Gardiner Greene ; 3 views ; photographs of 
drawings. Mrs. James S. Amory. 

1069 The Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, 

1070 Residence of Thomas Melville, taken in 1832, showing a 

portion of Green Street, Mrs. Nancy M. Dozvner. 

1071 Pemberton Square ; northeast view ; 1885. 

1072 Old Washington Street, Old South Church. 

1073-4 Headquarters of Lord Percy at the time of the battle of 
Lexington, corner of Columbia and Essex Streets ; 2 views. 

John M. Little. 

1075 HoLLis Street Church ; interior. 

1076 Exchange Coffee House, 1808-1818, used by the Masonic 

fraternity, 1817-18 ; from a wood-cut by Abel Bowen, 

Henry J. Parker. 
1077-8 The State House; 5 views; the Exterior, Doric Hall, Gov- 
ernor's Room, State Library, Council Chamber, 

Edward J. Jones. 

1079 The First Church, 1713-1808; on the site of the Rogers 

Building, Martin P. Keftnard. 

1080 Old Head House, corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets ; 

site of the Masonic Temple, 1 763-1840 ; removed to Pond 
Street. Henry J. Parker. 

1081 King's Head Tavern, 1660-1870, corner of Ann and Lewis 

Streets, P. W. Hooper. 

IN PORTFOLIOS. 

Views of Streets and Buildings, Maps, Plans, Broadsides, 
and Miscellaneous Articles. 

Plan of Boston from an actual survey, by Osgood Carleton, 1796 ; 
photograph. William H. Whitmore. 

Point of Pines, Chelsea Beach ; colored lithograph. 

Williafn H. Whitmore. 
West View of the Old Feather House ; wood-cut. 

Gate of Mt. Auburn Cemetery ; lithograph by Pendleton. 

William H Whitmore. 
Nine photographic views of public institutions. 

TJie Department of Public Institutions. 

Concert Hall, on the corner of Court and Hanover Streets ; 
photographic reproduction. Henry J. Parker. 

Bunker Hill Monument and the procession of June 17, 1843; 
lithograph by Thayer. Samuel S. Shaw, 



THE UPPER STORY. 87 

Long Wharf before Atlantic Avenue was cut through ; photo- 
graph. 

The Franklin Statue in winter ; photograph. James W. Black. 

The Winthrop House, Tremont Street ; photographic reproduc- 
tion, Henry J. Parker. 

The Old Custom House ; photograph. George W. Maunder. 

The Landing of British troops in 1768 ; wood-cut. 

The Body of Charles Sumner lying in state in Doric Hall, State 
House, March 15, 1874; photograph. HamUton A. Hill. 

The Merchants' Exchange, interior ; two photographs. 

Hamilton A. Hill. 
The Latin and English High School-House; heliotype. 

Brattle Square Church ; two photograps of the interior. 

Mrs. George Oxnard. 

" Labor, Dependence and the Fine Arts," and " Science controll- 
ing Electricity and Steam ; " two photographs of a design 
by French, for the post-office building. Joseph G. Cupples. 

Harrison Square Church, Dorchester ; photograph. 

Rev. Caleb D. Bradlee. 
Old Masonic Hall, the United States Court House on Tremont 
Street, in process of alteration ; photograph. 

The Weld Estate. 
Thorndike Hall, Summer Street; photograph. 

Henry J. Parker. 
View from Pemberton Hill, 1826; photograph of an engraving. 

The Birthplace of John Quincy Adams, in Quincy ; two litho- 
graphic views. Charles H. Wise. 

"The Crystal Palace," Lincoln Street, 1885 i photograph. 

James IV. Black. 
Old Warren Engine, No. i, Dudley Street, Roxbury; photo- 
graphic reproduction. Thomas C. De Carteret. 

The Post-Office Building after the Great Fire of 1S72 ; two 
photographs. 

The Ladies' Fair for the poor at Music Hall, 1857 ; lithograph, 

William S. Applcton. 
The Ticknor House, corner of Park and Beacon Streets. 

Miss An/ia S. lirknor. 
The Great Organ in Music Hall ; photographs. 

7'homas C. De Carteret. 
The Common and State House ; engraving after Billings. 

William H. Whitmore. 



88 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

The Great Fire of 1872 ; the corner of Washington and Brom- 
field Streets ; photograph. 

North View of King's Chapel ; engraving by Andrews. 

St, Botolph's Church, Boston, England ; heliotype of an en- 
graving. 

Boston Custom House ; engraving by Smirke, after Billings. 

The Miller Building, Federal Street, after the fire of Decem- 
ber, 1879 ; heliotype. 

The Crispus Attucks Monument ; photograph. 

Robert Kraus. 
The Old State House from Washington Street, 1791, for the 
Massachusetts Magazine ; lithograph. 

The Building on the corner of Gibbs's Lane and Broad Street, 
1891 ; photograph. W. B. Crocker. 

The Oldest Building on Fort Hill, built in 1710 ; a photograph 
taken in 1891. 

The Hancock House from a print of 1789 ; two photographs. 

No. 32 Vaughan Street, Portsmouth, N. H., where Jeremiah 
Mason and Daniel Webster lived ; photograph. 

Samuel Gray. 

View of Boston and South Boston Bridge ; lithograph by Veroy 
after Milbert ; published in Paris. 

New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, Exhibi- 
tion Building ; heliotype. 

First Universalist Church, Roxbury ; photograph. 

Thomas C. De Carteret. 

Twenty-three Views of buildings burned in the Great Fire ; 

photographs taken immediately afterwards. G. R. Tabcr. 

The Corner of Summer and Washington Streets after the Great 
Fire, and other photographic views of the fire ; panorama. 

John P. Reed. 

Nassau Hall, corner of Washington and Common Streets, 1858 ; 
photographic reproduction. Henry J. Parker. 

Masons' Hall, Ann Street, from 1800 to 1817 ; photographic 
reproduction. Hoiry J. Parker. 

The Old Building on the site of the /(^^/^r;/fl'/ Building, Washing- 
ton Street ; five photographs from different points. 

Edward S. Ritchie. 

The Beacon Monument, 1695. 1790; five engravings. 

William W. Wheildon. 
The Soldiers' Monument on the Common, 1877; lithograph. 



THE UPPER STORY. 89 

The Room of the Panama Canal Company, at the Foreign Exhi- 
bition, 1883 ; photograph. Nathan Appleton. 

The ViciNiyTY of Boston from Bunker Hill Monument, 1857 ; en- 
graving by Smillie. 

Boston Market, drawn by Thomas G. Appleton, when a boy. 

Nathan Appleton. 

The Latin School-House in School Street, from 1812 to 1844; 
wood-cut. 

Ruins of the fort on Dorchester Heights ; wood-cut. 

The Old State House, Washington Street front ; wood-cut, and 
several other views. GrenviUe H. Norcross and others. 

The Quincy House ; wood-cut. 

The Old Warren House, Jamaica Plain ; wood-cut. 
The Sup'folk Street Chapel, 1840 ; lithograph. 
The Third Baptist Meeting-House, Charles Street; wood-cut. 

The Fair of the Young Men's Christian Association in Music 
Hall, 1856; lithograph by Bufford. 

The Roger Williams House in Salem ; lithograph by Whitefield. 

Quincy Market; engraving by Wagstaff and Andrews. 

Charles E. Clark, M. D. 

The Statue of Leif Ericson in Commonwealth Avenue ; litho- 
graph. Nathan Appleton. 

The Hancock House ; an engraving published in London ; also 
an engraving by Ulman. 

Antique Boston; drawn bv Graham, for Harper's Weekl}', Sent. 
25, 1880. 

The Church of The Messiah, Florence Street ; lithograph by 
Bufford. 

Federal Street Church ; photographs of the exterior and inte- 
rior. Nathan Appleton. 

Harvard College Buildings ; engraving. Charles Chaplin. 

Interior of Freeman Place Chapel ; photograph. E. IV. Hcwins. 

Governor Hutchinson's House at Milton; wood-cut. 

St. Augustine's Church and Cemetery, South Boston ; litho- 
graph. 

Deliverance Parkman's House, Salem built in 1670; taken 
down in 1834; woodcut; appended is an impression of the 
seal of the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canter- 
bury, 1828. 

The Marshfield Clui; ; anniversary of 1882, with engravings of 
Webster and his birthplace, and of Marshfield. 

Mrs. Mary N. Bent. 



90 BOSTONIAN SOCIETY. 

A South-east View of Boston, and other wood-cuts of Abel 
Bowen. Samuel A. Green, M. D, 

State Street ; engraving by Bartlett after Lacy ; published in 
London, 1837. 

Copy of page 3 1 of the Dorchester Town Records. 

Signing the treaty of Peace between England and the United 
States, September 3, 1783 ; photograph of an old picture. 

The Evacuation of Boston, 1776 ; engraved by Stuart after 
Hollis. 

The Boston Boys and General Gage ; engraving by Sharp. 

The Freemen's Quick-step, dedicated to the Whig Committee of 
1840, by George Hews ; and other marches and quick- 
steps. 

"The Barrel of Beer," sung by Major James Phillips at the 
dinners of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. 

Order of Exercises at the Musical Entertainment given to 
the Grand Duke Alexis at Music Hall, Dec. 9, 187 1. 

Deed of Edward Quincy to Maudsley, Oct. 1720 ; broadside. 

Meeting at Faneuil Hall for the Abolition of Slavery in the 
District of Columbia, Jan. 28, 1842 ; Letter sheet. 

John S. H. Fogg, M. D. 

Silk Handkerchief with a speech of John Brown to the Court, 
Printed by C, C. Mead. 

" Our Country ;" a Patriotic Song by George Lunt, music by 
Woodbury. Dedicated to General Gushing during the War 
with Mexico. 

Clearance of the Ship " Dolphin" ; triple photograph. 

E. V. R. Read. 

Flag carried by the Merchant Tailors on the visit of Washington, 

Oct. 27, 1789; photograph. Z. D. Starbird. 

A Service of Plate given to Gustavus Vasa Brooke at his farewell 
benefit. National Theatre, May 27, 1853 ; lithograph. 

Samuel A. Green, M. D. 
Sketch of the entrance to Boston Common from the corner of Park 
and Tremont Streets, by Richard Upjohn. 

Charles E. Clarke, M. D. 

Badge, Button and Commission of the Regular Army and Navy 
Union. H. G. Collins, 

Register of Schooner "Polly," 1786, with autograph of Gov. 
Bowdoin. George H. Davis. 

Order of Exercises at the inauguration of the Franklin Statue, 
and notice by the Board of Trade. John S. H. Fogg, M. D. 



THE UPPER STORY. 91 

One of the One hundred printed copies of the inscription on the 
plate laid in the corner-store of the City Hull, Dec. 22, 
1862. John S. H. Fogg, M. D. 

Programme in Latin of the Commencement Exercises of the class 
of 1829, Harvard College. Henry E. Hill. 

Calendars of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, 
1880-92. Benjamin F. Stevens. 

Programme of the Exhibition of the English High School, 1840. 

William R. Bliss. 
A Deed from Moses Little to George Jefferds, March 18, 1758. 

Rev. Samuel B. Criift. 

History of the Honourable Artillery Company of London ; 

broadside. Albert A. Folsoni. 

The Hanging of the Spanish Pirates, June 9, 1835 ! broadside. 

John F. Pratt, M. D. 
Maps and plans of streets and wharves in Boston. James C, Sharp. 

Programme of the Cochituate Water Celebration, 1848, 

John E. Blakemore. 
Ballot of the Mercantile Library Association, 1845. 

Thomas Hills. 
View of Boston ; engraving published in Paris in 1826. 

Charles E. Clark, M. D. 

The " Stars and Stripes," painted on wall paper at Thibodeaux, 

La., Feb. 24, 1865, by Union Soldiers. Joseph H. Wellman. 

Four Passports issued to Thomas G. Appleton, and signed by 
E. W. Livingstone, John Forsyth, Edward Everett and 
George M. Dallas. Nathan Appleton. 

Invitation to the Centennial Celebration of the Discovery of the 
Columbia River, by Capt. Robert Gray, of Boston, held at 
Astoria, Oregon, May 10, n, 12, 1892. 

Rev. Echuard G. Porter. 

Lyman Beecher's Methodism, and other broadsides. 

William H. Pulsifer. 

Photograph of the "Old Elm," with citizens standing in front of 
it, Nahum Jones, 



1082 The Shipping List, from 1842 to 1885 ; forty-eight bound 
volumes. Hugh O'Brien. 



A large number of programmes, bills of fare, tickets of 
admission, orders of exercises, etc., mounted on manilla paper for 
binding, are not described in this catalogue. 



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CATALOGUE of the COLLECTIONS 



BOSTONIAN SOCIETY 



MEMORIAL HALLS 



OLD STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, FEB. i, 1893. 




PREPARED BY 



SAMUEL ARTHUR BENT, Clerk of the Society, 
BY AUTHORITY OF THE DH^ECTORS. 



BOSTON, 
1893- 



